A three-member MCI team had visited the college in the last week of December as part of the periodic inspection. In its three-page notice, the MCI has pointed out various inadequacies in the college run by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). They included: shortage of staff, small classrooms not suitable for studying and lack of common rooms and proper hostel facilities for students. It also pointed out that the college was subscribing to fewer number of journals and periodicals than it was required to — as per the MCI guidelines, every medical college has to subscribe to 70 Indian and 30 foreign periodicals and journals while the college had only 36.

The college, with an intake of 60, currently has around 300 students in various batches. The MCI notice has both the students and the faculty worried.

“There are no proper accommodation and hostel facilities for students. The college surroundings are not clean and the drainage system poor. They charge us with a gymkhana fee, but we don't have one. Such atmosphere frustrates the student psychologically. Since the college's intake is small, unlike the JJ Medical College which admits around 180 students every year, we don't have the numerical strength to have our voice heard,” a student said.

Commenting on the notice, college dean Dr P P Shintori said: “We have assured the students that under no circumstances their studies will be be affected. We are preparing the reply to the showcause notice.”

A senior faculty member, said: “During MCI team’s visit, one faculty member was on leave and another professor had gone for an official assignment. We told them (the MCI members) about the absence of professors, but it seems they did not believe us. We are rectifying the inadequacies pointed out by the committee and new professors are being appointed. The building is already under renovation.”