STATE MAY ADD 100 MORE
1.3k PG med seats up for grabs this year
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.01.2019
This year, at least 56 extra postgraduate medicine seats in streams including community medicine, respiratory medicine and anaesthesia, have been added, taking the total number to 1,306. In addition, the directorate of medical education is expecting at least 100 more seats within a fortnight.
Results for PG NEET 2019 will be declared by end of January and the first round of counselling for the All India quota is expected to begin in March before which the Medical Council of India will announce the number of colleges and seats approved for postgraduate education.
In addition, the state is expecting at least 240 more seats in super speciality courses including nephrology and cardiology by May. “We may no longer be able to encourage super specialists in just tier 1 and tier 2 cities. The demand in increasing everywhere and so we need specialists everywhere,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.
With statistics showing a steep rise in demand for dialysis and treatment of kidney diseases, the state wing of the national health mission is planning dialysis centres in several places.
Meanwhile, the state has also announced that by 2020 all colleges, wherein at least one batch of MBBS students pass out, will start PG courses.
1.3k PG med seats up for grabs this year
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.01.2019
This year, at least 56 extra postgraduate medicine seats in streams including community medicine, respiratory medicine and anaesthesia, have been added, taking the total number to 1,306. In addition, the directorate of medical education is expecting at least 100 more seats within a fortnight.
Results for PG NEET 2019 will be declared by end of January and the first round of counselling for the All India quota is expected to begin in March before which the Medical Council of India will announce the number of colleges and seats approved for postgraduate education.
In addition, the state is expecting at least 240 more seats in super speciality courses including nephrology and cardiology by May. “We may no longer be able to encourage super specialists in just tier 1 and tier 2 cities. The demand in increasing everywhere and so we need specialists everywhere,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.
With statistics showing a steep rise in demand for dialysis and treatment of kidney diseases, the state wing of the national health mission is planning dialysis centres in several places.
Meanwhile, the state has also announced that by 2020 all colleges, wherein at least one batch of MBBS students pass out, will start PG courses.
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