TN gets Centre's nod for 150 MBBS seats each in four new government medical colleges

Tamil Nadu has received the Centre's nod for 150 MBBS seats each at the new GMCs in Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, and Krishnagiri.

Tamil Nadu has got Union Health Ministry's approval for 150 medical seats each at the new government medical colleges (GMC) in Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, and Krishnagiri.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said, “Now, we have received the nod for 150 seats each at the new medical colleges in Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Nagapattinam and Ariyalur. Already, 850 seats were approved, and now 600 have been approved, taking the total number of seats to 1,450. The State government has sought another 100 seats at the Coimbatore Medical College, which presently has an intake of 150 seats. This is under consideration and the chances are high to get the nod this year,” as reported by The Hindu.

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The state had recently got approval for 850 MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) seats and now with the addition of these 600 medical seats, the total number of new seats in the government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu is 1,450. These new seats would take the total number of medical seats in Tamil Nadu to 9,100.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) team had earlier pointed out some minor deficiencies in the books and furniture of the libraries of four new medical colleges at Ariyalur, Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam, and Dindigul. 

The Tamil Nadu Health Minister along with officials met the Union Health Minister in Delhi and asked for approval of the remaining medical seats in the state from this academic year.

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