Shillong, Mar 1: Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh has said MBBS students, who have paid the bond, cannot be forced to return and serve in the state.
“Unfortunately, you cannot force a student, who has paid the bond, to return to the state to serve,” Lyngdoh told reporters on Friday.
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“As of today, signing of the bond is something which has always been reviewed from time to time and it is binding on students to inform the government as to whether or not they are returning and why they are not returning, what they are doing and what the courses that they are undergoing are,” she said.
Lyngdoh said making the bond more stringent to ensure bonded doctors served in the state can be debated.
