Thursday, August 29, 2019

75 medical colleges in three years

29/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,NEW DELHI

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of 75 medical colleges in the next three years, with the Centre spending ₹24,375 crore on them. The colleges will be set up in under-served areas and would be attached to district hospitals having at least 200 beds.

After a Union Cabinet meeting, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Minister of Information and Broadcasting said, “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for the establishment of 75 additional government medical colleges by 2021-22 attached with existing district/referral hospitals under Phase-III of the ongoing scheme.”

He said they would increase the availability of qualified health professionals, improve tertiary care in the government sector, better the utilisation of districts hospital infrastructure and promote affordable medical education.

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