Washington University of Barbados
| Motto | We Listen - We Invent - We Deliver |
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| Type | School Of Medicine |
| Established | 2016 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prabhakar Rao |
| Director | Deoraj Dalchand |
| Students | 200+ |
| Address | Casa Grande, Hibiscus Block, Oldbury , , 13°05′39″N 59°28′27″W / 13.09430°N 59.47421°WCoordinates: 13°05′39″N 59°28′27″W / 13.09430°N 59.47421°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
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The Washington University of Barbados (WUB) was established in 2016 and was granted charter from the Ministry of Education of Barbados during the same year. The university claimed to be devoted to preparing and educating students from across the globe to become professional doctors, but has been named as part of an international medical school scam. Both Dr. Rap and Mr. Dalchand have been arrested and charged before the Magistrates Court at District C in Barbados. Both are charged that they defrauded Casa Grande Hotel in St Philip; Furniture Ltd and Builders Mart. These are all businesses owned Mrs Ram Merchandani the owner of Casa Grande Hotel; the campus of the University. The charges arose when cheques tendered for services by these companies were dishonoured by the bank. The sums of monies are in excess of $300000.00 BDS. Both men are remanded in prison in Barbados awaiting hearing. They are set to reappear on Monday 22 September 2018.
Courses[edit]
Basic science[edit]
During 5 trimesters, students are introduced to the fundamental knowledge and skills of Preclinical Medicine and USMLE Step I Course. The core subjects are Physiology, Biochemistry, Medical Pathology and Anatomy. Basic Science program is designed to meet the health care needs of the society and lasts two years.
Pre-medical sciences[edit]
Pre-medical Science is made available to students who have completed twelve years of study but need to obtain 120 credits to qualify for medical school. It includes Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Advanced Biology, Biochemistry and Community Medicine are introduced later in the program to provide students with a head start for USMLE preparation. Additionally many of the students at this university have not taken the NEET examination in India. This examination is compulsory for any Indian national wishing to study the MBBS programme. These students in an effort to avoid this examination ran abroad to study. Herein lies the opportunity that fostered this fraudulent medical school.
Accommodation[edit]
Students expected access to one of 100 units with en-suite bathroom for students living on campus. The occupancy for these rooms are 5 students per room.
However, they were hosted at the Casa Grande Hotel.[1], previously under fire for its treatment of Nigerian students,[2] and were without water or electricity for at least 5 months.[3]
Accreditation[edit]
Washington University of Barbados remains unaccredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP), the United States Department of Education's National Committee on Foreign Medical Education Accreditation (NCFMEA), or any other body empowered to certify medical schools in the region.[4]
Legal troubles[edit]
Police escorted chief executive officer of the WUB, Gopi Venkat off the University's premises on the 5th of October 2018.
This action occurred just after a meeting with officials from the welfare and labour departments along with the Ministry of Education.
Minister of Elder Affairs and People Empowerment Cynthia Forde confirmed to NationNews that the authorities were looking into the matter and conducting their own fact checking.
Earlier that week[clarification needed] some students took their plight to the Ministry of Education. After hearing concerns Prime Minister Mia Mottley instructed a team to investigate the living conditions. Initial investigations revealed that the electricity and the water were off for the past five months among other issues. Forde gave the assurance that Government would be looking into how best they could assist the students.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Medical school to open soon - NationNews Barbados - Local, Regional and International News". Nationnews.com. 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ "Nigerian students speak out".
- ↑ "CEO taken away by police".
- ↑ "Fraud U". barbadostoday.bb/2018/10/06/fraud-u/. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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