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TN govt medical colleges may add 350 MBBS seats this year
Number Of Institutes To Go Up By 2
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:14.12.2016
The state health department is planning to add at least 350 more undergraduate medical seats and thereby increase the total number of government seats to 3,250 when the next admission season begins in 2019-2020.
The number of medical colleges will go up from 22 to 24, said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.
The state now has 2,900 MBBS seats in its 22 government medical colleges. This year, 100 seats each have been added in government medical colleges in Madurai and Tirunelveli. A Medical Council of India team has completed one round of inspection and may return to take a headcount. “These colleges now have 150 seats. Last time, when the inspection team came, government doctors were on strike. The headcount couldn’t be taken. We hope to reverse this soon,” he said. The state has applied for admission of students to a new medical college in Karur. “The construction is complete and we are holding counselling for appointment of doctors. We are confident of starting the new college here with 150 seats,” he said.
Earlier, the state applied for 100 seats for new colleges and then increased seats step by step. “After setting up a college in Pudukottai with 150 seats, the government decided all new colleges should have at least 150 seats,” health secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
Proposals for new medical colleges are pending in Perambalur, Ooty and Ramanathapuram and pressure has been building for new colleges in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram. Simultaneously, the state is planning to increase the number of seats in all medical colleges to 250. “As per the new MCI guideline, we will be starting PG courses in all medical colleges. As of now, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of state-run medical colleges in the country,” Dr Joe said.
TN govt medical colleges may add 350 MBBS seats this year
Number Of Institutes To Go Up By 2
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:14.12.2016
The state health department is planning to add at least 350 more undergraduate medical seats and thereby increase the total number of government seats to 3,250 when the next admission season begins in 2019-2020.
The number of medical colleges will go up from 22 to 24, said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.
The state now has 2,900 MBBS seats in its 22 government medical colleges. This year, 100 seats each have been added in government medical colleges in Madurai and Tirunelveli. A Medical Council of India team has completed one round of inspection and may return to take a headcount. “These colleges now have 150 seats. Last time, when the inspection team came, government doctors were on strike. The headcount couldn’t be taken. We hope to reverse this soon,” he said. The state has applied for admission of students to a new medical college in Karur. “The construction is complete and we are holding counselling for appointment of doctors. We are confident of starting the new college here with 150 seats,” he said.
Earlier, the state applied for 100 seats for new colleges and then increased seats step by step. “After setting up a college in Pudukottai with 150 seats, the government decided all new colleges should have at least 150 seats,” health secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
Proposals for new medical colleges are pending in Perambalur, Ooty and Ramanathapuram and pressure has been building for new colleges in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram. Simultaneously, the state is planning to increase the number of seats in all medical colleges to 250. “As per the new MCI guideline, we will be starting PG courses in all medical colleges. As of now, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of state-run medical colleges in the country,” Dr Joe said.
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