Changing medical education scenario: a wakeup call for reforms in Anatomy Act

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 1 shows the mode of procurement of the Anatomy Acts of respective states and Union Territories

S.no	Mode of obtaining Anatomy Act	Number	States and Union Territories
1.	Website	11	Maharashtra (MH) [6], Delhi (DL) [7, 30], Goa (GA) [19], Gujarat (GJ) [20], Haryana (HR) [21], Himachal Pradesh (HP) [22], Karnataka (KA) [8],Kerala (KL) [9], Punjab (PB) [25], Chandigarh (CH) [25],Tamil Nadu (TN) [11].
2.	Anatomy Act received in response to RTI	2	Manipur (MN) [24], Sikkim (SK) [26]
3	Act received from stakeholders	5	Assam (AS) [17], Bihar (BR) [18], Madhya Pradesh (MP) [23], Odisha (OD) [10],Uttar Pradesh (UP) [27] .
4.	No Anatomy Act enacted as confirmed by RTI	3	Uttarakhand (UK), Tripura (TR), Jharkhand (JH).
5.	Act denied in response to RTI	1	Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
6.	No Response or inappropriate response to RTI	14	Andhra Pradesh (AP), Arunachal Pradesh^a(AR),Meghalaya (ML),Mizoram^a(MZ), Nagaland^a(NL), Rajasthan (RJ), Telangana (TS), West Bengal (WB), Andaman and Nicobar Island (AN), Dadra and Nagar Haveli^a(DN), Lakshadweep^a(LD), Chhattisgarh (CG), Pondicherry (PY), Daman and Diu (DD)^a.

^aThese states and union territories do not have medical teaching institutes [7]

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