Eleven medical colleges in Tamil Nadu inspected

Eleven medical colleges in Tamil Nadu inspected

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:13.08.2021

The National Medical Commission completed inspections of all the eleven new medical colleges on Thursday.

“Tamil Nadu will add 1,650 seats to the undergraduate seat matrix taking the tally to 5,200 MBBS seats across government medical colleges in the state if all 11 colleges get the sanction from the apex medical body,” health minister Ma Subramanian said.

In addition, the state has applied for 100 more seats in Coimbatore medical college. “We have asked the centre to consider starting admissions to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Madurai this year itself,” he said.

As a part of the national mission to increase the number of medical colleges across the country, the centre granted permission to Tamil Nadu for commencement of 11 new medical colleges in districts in Namakkal, Krishnagiri, Tirupur, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, The Nilgiris, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Kallakurichi and Tiruvallur.

The panel of inspectors appointed by the apex medical body verified the infrastructure and human resources facility required to admit students for the first year MBBS course in these newly constructed colleges.

“Inspections are now over. The teams will send in their reports to the committee. Based on the report, the apex body will grant the letter of permission for medical admissions,” said Director of Medical Education Dr R Narayanababu.