Telangana CM KCR to inaugurate nine more medical colleges on Sept 15

Telangana Chief Minister KCR is all set to inaugurate nine more medical colleges on September 15, 2023. Read here for more details.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will unveil nine more medical colleges virtually in the State on September 15, said the Health Minister T Harish Rao.

During a video conference with District Collectors here on Monday, the health minister instructed Collectors to inspect the provision of basic amenities and make all arrangements in the nine medical colleges.

He also directed the officials to establish the newly sanctioned 24 urban health centres and 40 rural health centres in private buildings and commence the operations. Similarly, operations at Basti Dawakhanas, which were yet to be commenced, should also be launched, he said, as reported by Telangana Today.

Eight new medical colleges will be set up at Yadadri in Yadadri Bhongir district, Medak in Medak district, Maheshwaram in Rangareddy district, Narsampet in Warangal district, Mulugu in Mulugu district, Narayanpet in Narayanpet district, Gadwal in Jogulamba Gadwal district, and Qutbullapur in Medchal Malkajgiri district.

43 per cent of MBBS seats newly added in government medical colleges in India are from Telangana. 900 of the 2,118 MBBS seats increased in government medical colleges in India for 2023-24 belong to Telangana, said the state health minister earlier. 

Currently, a total of 8,515 MBBS seats are available in the state. There are 3,915 MBBS medical seats available in 26 government medical colleges in Telangana and 4,600 seats are available in 28 private medical colleges. 

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