Telangana CM KCR inaugurates nine new govt medical colleges

On the occasion, the chief minister said that Telangana will be producing 10,000 doctors in every batch from the upcoming year.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday virtually inaugurated nine new medical colleges at various locations in the state. The inauguration was a part of the government's stated aim of opening at least one medical institution in every district of the state.

The new medical colleges are located in the districts of Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Jangaon, Nirmal, Rajanna Sircilla and Vikarabad.

On the occasion, KCR said that Telangana performed exceptionally well in various health indices. He said that the maternal mortality rate which stood at 92 in 2014 was brought down to 43 by 2023. Likewise, the Infant Mortality Rate decreased from 39 to 21 in nine years, as reported by Siasat.com.

“Furthermore, the number of deliveries in government hospitals surged from 30 percent to 76 percent in the past nine years,” said KCR.

Earlier, Health Minister T Harish Rao said, 26 government medical colleges are functioning in Telangana and eight more are ready to come up in the next academic year. He said that Telangana was undergoing a white coat revolution.

Harish Rao said that Telangana, which had the fewest MBBS seats in 2014, had now risen to the top with the most MBBS seats. The State would have 22 MBBS seats for every one lakh of its population, which was an achievement unlike any other part of the nation, he added.

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