Gujarat to get 5 new medical colleges from next academic year

Gujarat to get 5 new medical colleges from next academic year

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New Delhi, Updated on May 16, 2022 09:22 IST

To improve the medical infrastructure of the state, the Gujarat government has decided to set up 5 new medical colleges at the cost of INR 2500 crore.

Gujarat to get 5 new medical colleges from next academic year

The Gujarat government is all set to establish five new medical colleges in the state at a cost of INR 2500 crore from the next academic year. These new medical colleges will add 500 medical seats to the existing 5700 medical seats.

After the Covid-19 pandemic, the state is aiming to improve the medical infrastructure and also to make Gujarat a medical hub of the country.

The new medical colleges will come up at Rajpipla (INR 529 crore), Navsari (INR 542 crore), Godhra (INR 512 crore), Porbandar (INR 390 crore), and Morbi (INR 627 crore) with 100 medical seats each.

PM Modi's vision of at least one medical college in each district of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said many times that his government is working towards establishing at least one medical college in each district of the country under a central scheme. At present, the state has six government medical colleges (GMC) and another eight medical colleges run by Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS). 

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for setting up medical colleges in every district to enable health services. From the next academic year, five new colleges will be set up in Morbi, Porbandar, Navsari, Godhra and Rajpipla under GMERS,” said Dr R Dixit, Additional Director, Directorate of Medical Education and Research (Medical Education) in Gandhinagar, as reported by Ahmedabadmirror.

“In addition to the new colleges, Civil Hospital (Asarwa), Gandhinagar Civil Hospital and Sola Civil Hospital will be turned into super-speciality hospitals which will further strengthen health services and medical education,” said Dr Dixit.

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