Tamil Nadu will apply for four more medical colleges, says CM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:3.12.2019
Tamil Nadu will apply for four more medical colleges under a centrally sponsored scheme, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Monday.
The proposal for setting up government medical colleges in Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Kallakuruchi will be submitted to the Medical Council of India (MCI) along with the land parcels identified for each of these colleges, he said at a function organised by the health department to distributed appointment orders to doctors, nurses and physiotherpists.
The state has been granted nine colleges under the central 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 new colleges in two batches. In the first batch, six colleges were proposed in Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindugal and Virudhunagar. Once decks were cleared for all the six colleges, the state applied for permission to set up colleges in coastal and tribal belts – Krishnagiri, Thiruvallur and Nagapattinam.
These nine colleges were expected to add 1,350 MBBS seats and create more than 9,000 jobs health professionals.Hospitals attachedtothese colleges will have 750 beds. Less than a week after getting clearance from the Union health ministry, the state has proposedcollegesin four more unserved areas. The move came after Union minister of state Ashwini Kumar Choubey told parliament that 49 colleges have been approved by the MCI in eight states. The centre had planned to give permission for 75 colleges across the country. While Rajasthan was permitted to start15 medical colleges, UP got granted 13 and Tamil Nadu bagged nine.
The state health department decided to make use of the vacant slots in the scheme to apply for more colleges. “We had planned for this long time ago. It is a policy decision of the state 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,” said health minister C Vijayabaskar. Doctors and specialists such as cardiologist, neurologists and oncologists, will be able to work from underserved areas and backward districts, he said. “Having a tertiary care facility will help us beat the golden hour and reduce fatalities due to road accidents,” said health secretary Beela Rajesh, who will be presenting the proposals before the MCI technical committee.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:3.12.2019
Tamil Nadu will apply for four more medical colleges under a centrally sponsored scheme, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Monday.
The proposal for setting up government medical colleges in Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Kallakuruchi will be submitted to the Medical Council of India (MCI) along with the land parcels identified for each of these colleges, he said at a function organised by the health department to distributed appointment orders to doctors, nurses and physiotherpists.
The state has been granted nine colleges under the central 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 new colleges in two batches. In the first batch, six colleges were proposed in Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindugal and Virudhunagar. Once decks were cleared for all the six colleges, the state applied for permission to set up colleges in coastal and tribal belts – Krishnagiri, Thiruvallur and Nagapattinam.
These nine colleges were expected to add 1,350 MBBS seats and create more than 9,000 jobs health professionals.Hospitals attachedtothese colleges will have 750 beds. Less than a week after getting clearance from the Union health ministry, the state has proposedcollegesin four more unserved areas. The move came after Union minister of state Ashwini Kumar Choubey told parliament that 49 colleges have been approved by the MCI in eight states. The centre had planned to give permission for 75 colleges across the country. While Rajasthan was permitted to start15 medical colleges, UP got granted 13 and Tamil Nadu bagged nine.
The state health department decided to make use of the vacant slots in the scheme to apply for more colleges. “We had planned for this long time ago. It is a policy decision of the state 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,” said health minister C Vijayabaskar. Doctors and specialists such as cardiologist, neurologists and oncologists, will be able to work from underserved areas and backward districts, he said. “Having a tertiary care facility will help us beat the golden hour and reduce fatalities due to road accidents,” said health secretary Beela Rajesh, who will be presenting the proposals before the MCI technical committee.
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