NEET PG Counselling 2022: 371 new medical seats added by NMC

371 new medical seats have been added in private colleges, deemed universities and also government colleges across India, said NMC's notification.

National Medical Commission (NMC) has notified that as many as 371 new medical seats have been added in private colleges, deemed universities and also government colleges across India. Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) tweeted about it on September 2, 2022.

As per the first MCC tweet, only the data regarding the private colleges was updated by NMC. However, the tweet assured that the information about the government college seats would be updated soon, as reported by Edexlive.

And after the data was updated on the night of September 2, MCC reported the details in another tweet. According to the list, 199 seats out of the total 371 seats belong to private colleges and the rest to government colleges.

Here is the list of the increased seats along with the course details for private colleges - Medicine - 44 seats, Surgery - 42 seats, Radiology - 8 seats, Dermatology - 13 seats, Emergency med - 23 seats, Orthopaedic - 32 seats, and Paediatrics - 37 seats.

NEET PG Counselling 2022 to start soon

The counselling was postponed by the MCC to add more seats in the counselling process as the NMC was busy issuing LoPs (Letters of Permission) for increasing the number of seats. The NMC will complete this process by September 15, and then the NEET PG Counselling 2022 is expected to start by September 19.

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