The General Medical Council (GMC) of UK has said it will not accept medical graduates from the medical campus attached to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

On it’s website the GMC listed the Malabe Private Medical College (awarded by the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine) as a medical school ‘not accepted’ by the Council.

The GMC said the decision to place a medical school on this list is not taken lightly: ‘We only do so following a full investigation and where we conclude that it is the most appropriate course of action,’ it said.

It said the decision was made ‘ in light of our main objective to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public.’