PM Modi to inaugurate 11 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin are all set to share the stage on January 12 in Virudhunaga for the opening of 11 new medical colleges in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Tamil Nadu after DMK's (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) MK Stalin became the Chief Minister of the state will witness the opening of as many as 11 new medical colleges in the state. Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, will also attend the event on January 12 in Virudhunagar.

Under the Central government's scheme to create medical colleges affiliated to existing referral and district hospitals, the former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government was successful in getting medical colleges awarded to the state. To build each of these medical colleges, the funding will be divided between the Union and state government in the ratio 60:40.

A total of 1,450 MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) seats are approved in these 11 new government medical colleges.

Establishing new medical colleges in districts where there are no medical colleges currently was also part of the DMK Election Manifesto 2021. Other points in the Manifesto related to medical education in the state included that DMK will pass the legislation against the imposition of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) exam and will take steps to obtain the consent of the President of India on the same.

Recently, the state got the Centre's approval for 6 postgraduate medical courses with 28 seats in Government Omandurar Medical College Hospital (GOMCH) as confirmed by the State Health Minister Ma Subramanian.

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