As announced at the University of Technology Mauritius’ (UTM) last convocation, UTM has the ambition to set up a Medical School. The project is being materialised by the signing up of an MoU with DYP Worldwide Ltd and it should start operating as from August of this year with postgraduate courses. The portfolio should include General medecine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Radiology, Anesthesia, Psychiatry, Ophtalmology, Skin and VD. A campus is to be constructed at Rose Belle.

I do think that competition is a good thing and I do hope that it has for effect of lowering costs of medical education. Another fundamental aspect is the quality of graduates produced by the School. Questions have been raised in the past about the quality of other medical school graduates and this had for effect of lenthening the period of internship. Let us hope that the school produces doctors and specialists that people would trust their lives on.