TN set to add 1,650 MBBS seats in govt colleges

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TN set to add 1,650 MBBS seats in govt colleges

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Chennai:10.08.2021 

The National Medical Commission has completed inspectionsin four of the11 new medical colleges in the past 10 days, health minister Ma Subramanian said on Monday. 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.

The committee completed its surprise inspection in Namakkal, Krishnagiri, Tiruppur and Dindigul and has made no adverse comment so far. “We are waiting for them to visit the remaining seven colleges within the next few days. These are surprise visits, so we don’t have any timelines,” he said.

The panel of inspectors appointed by the apex medical body verifies the infrastructure and human resource facility required to admit students for the first year MBBS course in these newly-constructed colleges. The anatomy, physiology and biochemistry labs, library, hostels – required for first year students – are nearing completion, said director of medical education Dr Narayanababu R.

The state has set aside nearly ₹4,000 crore for construction of these buildings. With this most districts in the state will have at least one government medical college. Besides increasing the number of seats, these colleges will help us expand tertiary care to districts. The new medical colleges will help the health department provide quality training at an affordable cost and offer specialty and super specialty care to people living in the area free of cost.

Most of these colleges will have 700-750 bed hospitals attached to these colleges that have all the facilities to offer quality care. “But these units don’t have the experience of facing an inspection,” he said. “Over the past few weeks, we asked existing medical colleges to mentor new colleges. For instance, a team from Salem Medical College trained doctors at the Namakkal medical colleges in carrying out paperwork. They conducted mock inspections to find faults and rectify errors,” Dr Narayanababu said.

As part of the national mission to increase the number of medical colleges across the country, the Centre granted permission to TN for commencement of 11 new medical colleges.