Telangana: NMC nod for two medical colleges with 100 MBBS seats each

The National Medical Commission permission was granted for Government Medical College Kamareddy and Government Medical College Komaram Bheem Asifabad under the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) Warangal. Read here to know more. 

The Medical Assessment and Rating Board of the National Medical Commission have granted permission for the establishment of two new medical colleges with 100 MBBS seats each in Telangana.

Taking this to Twitter, State Health Minister T Harish Rao has said that in the true essence of Arogya Telangana, now healthcare facilities will further strengthen in rural areas. It is a significant step towards achieving a medical college in every district, he added. Seven more medical colleges are at various levels for permission in Telangana, he added further.

The letter from NMC Member President stated: “We are further directed to inform you that you and your institution is fully responsible to fulfil and maintain norms including the infrastructure both physical and human resource, teaching faculty and clinical material etc throughout the academic year. It is mandatory to develop a biometric attendance website on the medical college/institution and display all information about the college, courses offered, faculty available and their experience of the last 5 years, students joined and affiliating university,” as reported by The Hindu.

Telangana to add 1000 more medical seats by next year

As per the Telangana Today report, the state government is all set to add nearly 950 and 1000 additional MBBS seats from the upcoming academic year 2023-24.

Apart from additional MBBS medical seats, at least 50 super speciality PG medical seats are expected to be added in government medical colleges in Telangana in 2023-24.

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