'MBBS will start from next year in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre'
The post-graduate medical course, which is already underway at the BMHRC, will be expanded and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will ensure the availability of the faculty through transfer from other parts of the country.
'MBBS will start from next year in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre'
The undergraduate medical courses will begin next year at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC), the Union Minister for Health and Family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said. The BMHRC facility was developed for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
While speaking to the reporters after a meeting with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) the Minister said MBBS seats have more than doubled to one lakh nationwide.
"Various issues related to BMHRC were discussed and analysed. The medical facility is not able to give its proper output for the past some time. We have decided to start the MBBS course there (BMHRC) from next year," he told reporters, assuring that the best medical infrastructure will be made available at BMHRC.
"The post-graduate medical course, which is already underway at the institution, will be expanded and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will ensure the availability of the faculty through transfer from other parts of the country. MBBS seats in the country have doubled to one lakh to ensure availability of more doctors in the country. This will also ensure availability of specialist doctors and subsequently sort out the problem of faculty shortage in medical colleges," he said.
Meanwhile, while addressing the inaugural session workshop on 'holistic management of sickle cell disease' in Jabalpur, the Minister said "the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi always thinks in totality and was working in detail on where the health sector should reach in the next 25 years."
"The government is developing 1.50 lakh health and wellness centres to provide medical facilities to the rural population. Of these, 1.18 lakh centres have already started working through the facility of teleconsultation," he said.
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