# NEET PG candidates stuck as nodal officers unreachable for joining 2026-10-30T01:01:37+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Candidates in the NEET PG 2026 counselling are unable to complete online joining because nodal officers listed on the official Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) portal are unreachable or have invalid contact details. At Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, the nodal officer's mobile is switched off and landline numbers do not work. At University College of Medical Sciences, the portal shows the nodal officer's mobile number as '00000000'. Email queries have gone unanswered. A senior MCC official said the issue will be taken up with colleges and raised in a meeting. The problem hits candidates who chose the float option, who must submit documents and complete reporting online to remain eligible for upgradation in later rounds. The United Doctors Front had earlier flagged repeated administrative failures in the counselling, including cases where institutional officials asked float candidates to report physically, contrary to MCC rules. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Candidates who chose the float option for NEET PG 2026 counselling face a dead end: they must complete online reporting and document verification, but the nodal officers listed on the MCC portal cannot be reached by phone or email. At UCMS, the official contact number is shown as ‘00000000’, making contact impossible. The MCC helpline simply redirects candidates back to the same unreachable college officials. A senior MCC official has promised to raise the issue with colleges and in a meeting, but no deadline or specific corrective action has been announced yet. Until contacts are updated, candidates risk missing deadlines or losing their upgraded seat. ## Coverage - medicaldialogues.in Leads with candidate complaints and non-functional contact numbers, including the '00000000' detail, no government denial or counter-statement This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Medical Counselling Committee, NEET PG, Safdarjung Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/neet-pg-candidates-stuck-as-nodal-officers-unreachable-for-joining/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/neet-pg-candidates-stuck-as-nodal-officers-unreachable-for-joining/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/