As Maharashtra Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) started a one-year special bond service for the Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) students, across the state, only three students have been eligible for the bond. While the DMER was planning to add helping hands at rural colleges by starting the bond, the students, will now get a choice to handpick from 10 vacancies while seven others will remain vacant for over a year.

While the results of PDG-CET were announced on February 23, posts for Assistant Professor/ Dental surgeon in Government/ corporation dental colleges and hospitals as well as medical colleges were opened for the bond service. However, as the DMER had decided to fill the posts on merit basis, not much choice was available for the authorities. “Candidates will be allotted seats as per subject merit & place of performance for posts of Assistant Professor /Dental Surgeon,” said the instruction to the candidates column of DMER.