<p>The Tamil Nadu government should immediately intervene to ensure the allotment of 50 per cent seats in speciality (post-graduate) medical courses in state-run medical institutions, Pattali Makkal Katchi said here on Saturday.</p>.<p>While the Madras High Court has recently ruled that 50 per cent of seats should be provided to doctors working in Tamil Nadu government-run hospitals, the Union Health Ministry has announced that it would fill all the seats, the party said.</p>.<p>"This is contempt of court and an act of usurping right as well," PMK youth wing chief Anbumani Ramadoss said in a statement.</p>.<p>Hence, the state government should immediately intervene in the matter and ensure setting apart 50 per cent seats for in-service doctors in speciality PG medical courses in government institutions, he urged.</p>.<p>There are 369 seats in government medical colleges covering 20 medical specialities. Only the Tamil Nadu government was filling such seats.</p>.<p>However, from 2017 onwards the Central government is filling these seats, he said, adding the 50 per cent reservation for doctors serving government hospitals was also cancelled.</p>.<p>Ramadoss is a Rajya Sabha MP and former Union health minister during the Congress-led UPA regime.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>The Tamil Nadu government should immediately intervene to ensure the allotment of 50 per cent seats in speciality (post-graduate) medical courses in state-run medical institutions, Pattali Makkal Katchi said here on Saturday.</p>.<p>While the Madras High Court has recently ruled that 50 per cent of seats should be provided to doctors working in Tamil Nadu government-run hospitals, the Union Health Ministry has announced that it would fill all the seats, the party said.</p>.<p>"This is contempt of court and an act of usurping right as well," PMK youth wing chief Anbumani Ramadoss said in a statement.</p>.<p>Hence, the state government should immediately intervene in the matter and ensure setting apart 50 per cent seats for in-service doctors in speciality PG medical courses in government institutions, he urged.</p>.<p>There are 369 seats in government medical colleges covering 20 medical specialities. Only the Tamil Nadu government was filling such seats.</p>.<p>However, from 2017 onwards the Central government is filling these seats, he said, adding the 50 per cent reservation for doctors serving government hospitals was also cancelled.</p>.<p>Ramadoss is a Rajya Sabha MP and former Union health minister during the Congress-led UPA regime.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>