544 students admitted to MBBS/BDS

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

29.01.2022

Chennai: A totalof 544 g overnment school students, nearly 70% of them female, were admitted to MBBS/BDS courses on Friday under the 7. 5% quota on Friday. By the end of the day only three dental seats inself-financing dental colleges remained unfilled.

Health secretary J Radhak-rishnan handed over the admit cards to the first 10 students. The selection committee had called 762 students for counselling out of which 739 students attended the counselling and 198 of them were waitlisted. Based on merit in NEET and rule of reservation, 318 MBBS seats in government colleges, six seats in ESIC college and 113 seats in self-financing colleges were filled. Thirteen students opted for BDS seats in government colleges and 94 of them opted for dental courses in selffinancing colleges. The state had reserved 544 undergraduate seats including 437 MBBSseatsfor government school students who had cleared NEET. Among the students who were allotted seats on Friday 39% of themhad passed the 2021 board examinations.

Online MBBS/BDS counselling for students will begin on January 30.