Several medical associations, including the United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) and the Tamil Nadu Medical Students Association (TNMSA), corroborated these complaints from NEET SS candidates concerning the problem.

NEET SS 2023 Exam: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Super Speciality (NEET SS) 2023 examination experienced significant delays of over two hours at multiple exam centers in India, purportedly due to reported technical glitches. Earlier on Friday, September 29, numerous candidates and parents raised their voices on various social media platforms to express their concerns about the examination delay. Several medical associations, including the United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) and the Tamil Nadu Medical Students Association (TNMSA), corroborated these complaints from NEET SS candidates concerning the problem.
Taking to X(formally Twitter), Dr. Lakshya Mittal, National President of the United Doctors Front Association wrote, “Poor arrangements by @NTA_Exams NBEMS for #NEETSS2023 Both sessions delayed approx. by 1-2 hrs in entire nation. Due to misconduct & unnecessary delay alot of #NEET aspirants get effected. Atleast MD/MS specialists deserve a smooth & hassle free exam process @MoHFW_INDIA @ANI.”
Poor arrangements by @NTA_Exams NBEMS for #NEETSS2023
Both sessions delayed approx. by 1-2 hrs in entire nation.
Due to misconduct & unnecessary delay alot of #NEET aspirants get effected.
Atleast MD/MS specialists deserve a smooth & hassle free exam process @MoHFW_INDIA @ANI— DR.LAKSHYA MITTAL (@drlakshyamittal) September 29, 2023
NEET-SS 2023 is the single eligibility cum entrance examination for admission to Super Specialty Courses for the academic session 2023-24. In other words, NEET-SS 2023 is a qualifying-cum-ranking examination for admission to DM/MCh and DrNB Superspecialty courses of the admission session. NEET-SS 2023 was conducted as a computer-based examination. The different groups were examined in the morning or afternoon shifts on September 29 and September 30, 2023.
Taking to X, another aspirant wrote, “NEET SS was delayed by almost 2 hours. I napped, stretched, and then decided to chat with the invigilator. He asked, ‘How come you all are not creating a fuss? Very calm, you doctors are.’ I said, ‘Yes, our medical board never fails to teach us tolerance.”
NEET SS was delayed by almost 2 hours. I napped, stretched, and then decided to chat with the invigilator. He asked, ‘How come you all are not creating a fuss? Very calm, you doctors are.’ I said, ‘Yes, our medical board never fails to teach us tolerance.’
— samarthana (@DrSamarthanaVk) September 30, 2023
#NEETSS
Delayed start by 2 hours!!
Huge mismanagement
No server
No food till 6pm
Worst experience ever— Aarkey Gupta M.S DNB (@DrRAHULKUMARGU1) September 29, 2023
Taking the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences(NBEMS), the exam conducting body, another aspirant wrote,” Today’s NEET SS EXAM was conducted in utter inhuman condition at one centre of Bhubaneswar. ION DIGITAL ZONE PATIA is a centre where about 200-250 candidates were cramped in a room with inadequate ventilation and air conditioning. Whole afternoon it was very hot , humid.”
@NbeIndia Today’s NEET SS EXAM was conducted in utter inhuman condition at one centre of Bhubaneswar. ION DIGITAL ZONE PATIA is a centre where about 200-250 candidates were cramped in a room with inadequate ventilation and air conditioning. Whole afternoon it was very hot , humid
— chinmaya mohapatra (@DrChinmaya1) September 29, 2023
Very poor arrangement , thousands of fee by @NbeIndia but students r facing only scorching heat , no proper facility , morning inning just finished now
;time for afternoon inning torture @mansukhmandviya #neetss @FAIMA_INDIA_ @IMAIndiaOrg pic.twitter.com/bG3lfUw6FA— Dr Rakesh Bagdi Gurjar (@dr_rakeshbagdi) September 29, 2023
This happened pan-india? I thought it was just my centre from Kolkata.
I was in the second batch which was scheduled at 2:00-4:30PM, entered the centre at 1:45PM & came out around 5:40PM.#NEETSS— Prateek Shukla (@PrateeksPrateek) September 29, 2023
NEET SS: Marking Scheme
There shall be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions. Allocation of marks for each MCQ shall be as follows.
- Correct Response: 4 Marks
- Incorrect Response: 1 Mark shall be deducted
- Unattempted Question: Zero