Assam to transform into hub of medical education: CM Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in order to transform the state into a hub of medical education in South East Asian nations, the government has increased the number of MBBS seats from 350 to 1500.

While speaking at the third convocation of Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the establishment of Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences has given new momentum to health education.

"Our ambitious plan to establish a cutting-edge health education ecosystem will ensure accessible healthcare and abundant job opportunities to create a New Health Economy. At the third convocation of the Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences we witnessed this transformative vision unfold,” he said, as reported by Sentinelassam.

As many as 815 students were presented the degrees of commendation during the event.

The Chief Minister said that during the last two decades, health education in Assam has undergone a transformative change. He said that when he was the education minister of the state, there were only three medical colleges with one dental college and one nursing college. Now, with the improvement of the infrastructure of medical education apart from intake capacities into the medical colleges, new opportunities for jobs were created. This positive change took a new momentum in the year 2015, he added.

CM said that at present the number of medical colleges in the state increased to 12. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when the people of the state felt the need for more ICU beds, the state government took a decision to set up medical colleges and hospitals in every district, he said.

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