MCI grants additional PG seats for CMC

Medical Council of India (MCI) has granted 16 additional post graduation seats for different departments in Coimbatore Medical College (CMC) for 2017-18 academic year.

The Department of Anaesthesiology has benefited the most out of the new order with the existing three seats for MD Anaesthesiology increased to seven. The seats for MS with Department of General Surgery has been increased from 16 to 18. The Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology has been allotted one seat in addition to the existing two seats for MD Dermatology.

Medical college authorities said that approval for new seats has come in accordance with the revision of teacher-student ratio as per the notification dated January 31, this year.

Additional seats have also been granted to various departments in eight other medical colleges in the state.

In addition, MD Forensic Medicine, MD Pharmacology, and MD Biochemistry will have three seats each from next academic year in CMC.