New med colleges may not begin admissions this academic year
TNN | Dec 27, 2019, 04.03 AM IST
Chennai: Special officers have been posted and tenders have been granted for construction of six of the nine new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, but none of them will open for admissions in 2020, health department officials said. The target for medical officers posted in each of these colleges is to ensure admission for 1,350 seats in all nine colleges by 2021.
Tamil Nadu has been granted permission to start nine medical colleges under the Centre’s scheme. In August, the cabinet committee on economic affairs approved setting up of 75 government medical colleges by 2021-22. The centre has proposed to partially fund the project as it wanted to increase the number of medical schools. Tamil Nadu, which has 24 medical colleges, proposed medical colleges in two batches. In the first batch, six colleges were proposed in Tirupur, the Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul and Virudhunagar. Once decks were cleared for all six colleges, the state applied for permission to set up colleges in coastal and tribal belts – Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur and Nagapattinam. For colleges in Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur and Nagapattinam, tenders will be handed over after the local body polls.
Health minister C Vijayabaskar said the state plans to have at least one medical college hospital in every district. “Besides creating more MBBS seats, we will be able to offer tertiary care facility to people,” he said. The nine colleges were expected to add 150 MBBS seats each in the districts and create more than 9,000 jobs for doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and other health assistants.
Officials at the directorate of medical education said it may not be possible for them to complete construction and ready human resources before the Medical Council of India’s deadline. “We haven’t even begun construction. We will have to build nearly a dozen blocks, including classrooms, labs, hostels and library,” a senior official said. Earlier in December, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had said the state will apply for four more medical colleges in Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Kallakurichi districts. The state will make presentations for these colleges before the MCI soon, officials said.
TNN | Dec 27, 2019, 04.03 AM IST
Chennai: Special officers have been posted and tenders have been granted for construction of six of the nine new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, but none of them will open for admissions in 2020, health department officials said. The target for medical officers posted in each of these colleges is to ensure admission for 1,350 seats in all nine colleges by 2021.
Tamil Nadu has been granted permission to start nine medical colleges under the Centre’s scheme. In August, the cabinet committee on economic affairs approved setting up of 75 government medical colleges by 2021-22. The centre has proposed to partially fund the project as it wanted to increase the number of medical schools. Tamil Nadu, which has 24 medical colleges, proposed medical colleges in two batches. In the first batch, six colleges were proposed in Tirupur, the Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul and Virudhunagar. Once decks were cleared for all six colleges, the state applied for permission to set up colleges in coastal and tribal belts – Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur and Nagapattinam. For colleges in Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur and Nagapattinam, tenders will be handed over after the local body polls.
Health minister C Vijayabaskar said the state plans to have at least one medical college hospital in every district. “Besides creating more MBBS seats, we will be able to offer tertiary care facility to people,” he said. The nine colleges were expected to add 150 MBBS seats each in the districts and create more than 9,000 jobs for doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and other health assistants.
Officials at the directorate of medical education said it may not be possible for them to complete construction and ready human resources before the Medical Council of India’s deadline. “We haven’t even begun construction. We will have to build nearly a dozen blocks, including classrooms, labs, hostels and library,” a senior official said. Earlier in December, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had said the state will apply for four more medical colleges in Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Kallakurichi districts. The state will make presentations for these colleges before the MCI soon, officials said.
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