State to add 875 seats, 3 pvt med colleges

 State to add 875 seats, 3 pvt med colleges

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Chennai:12.11.2020

Tamil Nadu will add 875 more MBBS seats this academic year. These seats will come from three new private colleges and additional seats granted to six medical colleges.

With this, the state will have 52 medical colleges with 8,000 seats, including 26 government institutions that have 3,650 seats.

On Tuesday, the National Medical Commission granted approval to Bhaarat Medical College and Hospital under the Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research (deemed University) to admit 150 medical students from 2020. It also granted permission for Indira Medical College and Hospitals in Tiruvallur affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University to admit 150 seats. Earlier, the committee had permitted Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute to admit 150 students. Seats from the two colleges will come into the state seat matrix for which counselling will be done by the state selection committee.

The government Kanyakumari Medical College will add 50 more seats, while ESIC college in KK Nagar will add 25 more seats. Besides, permission has been granted for PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research to add 100 more seats. Saveetha Medical College and Hospital (Saveetha University) and Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute (Meenakshi University) – have permission to increase 100 seats. All the three colleges will now have 250 seats each. In addition Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College in Salem (Vinayaka Mission Deemed University) will add another 50 seats taking its seat tally to 150.