Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government plans to establish eight new medical colleges in the state in the next two years.
They will add a 1,200 mbbs seat, represents around 21% of the total number of seats that apply in Gujarat, said sources at the State Health Department.
At present, there are around 30 universities in the state with 5,508 seats where the professional reception committee under the Postgraduate Medical Education Course (ACPUGMEC) processes the receipt.
There are 300 more seats in the state under two universities which are considered where receipts are carried out at the college level.
ACPUGMEC is not involved in this matter.
“New Medical College in Morbi, Godhra and Porbandar are expected to begin at 2021-22.
The process of inspection by the National Medical Commission (NMC) has been completed.
The new medical college will add around 150 seats,” said an official in the Department Health.
The State Health Department aims to start new medical colleges in Rajpipla, Navsari, Khambhaliya Jam, Botan and Veraval in the next Academic Year, he added.
State Health Minister Rushikesh Patel did not respond to calls and messages on his phone.
The Gujarat government is working on a plan to ensure that there is a medical college in each country district.
For this, the department must arrange around seven additional medical colleges in districts that do not have one college, said source.
This proposal is in line with the center vision to have one university in each country district in the next 5 years.
This center has provided a nod to 157 new medical colleges in India since 2014 and has invested RS 17,691.08 Crore on these projects, the union health ministry said recently.
On completion, nearly 16,000 under the postgraduate medical chairs will be added, he said.
Of these, 6,500 seats have been made by the functioning of 64 new medical colleges, the government said.
NMC, under the Ministry of Health and family welfare, is working on a plan to increase the total number of postgraduate medical seats from around 82,500 to 1 seat lakh next year, the source said.
There are nearly 550 medical colleges in the country that offer MBBS courses where 49% run the government and remain financed alone and based on public-personnel.