New Delhi: A Parliamentary committee has expressed concern over the uneven distribution of medical seats across the country and the huge cost of medical education "as if there are no takers for the poor guardian to get their off-springs admitted in the medical colleges".

Flagging the seat distribution issue, the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in the 167th report presented to Rajya Sabha on December 11 stated that while some states have a high concentration of medical seats , some are severely lacking against the national average of 75 MBBS seats per million population.

It suggested the government open up new medical colleges to provide quality medical education in Delhi so that students from the national capital do not have to t

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