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By: Shree1news, 1 MAR 2021
New Delhi:
A total of 157 medical colleges are under different phases of implementation in various parts of the nation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. He stated 58 of those colleges are in the first part of implementation, 24 in the second part and 75 colleges, which have been introduced recently, in the third phase.
“Since 2014, there are 157 medical colleges in numerous parts of the nation in different stages of development. These include 58 medical colleges in phase 1 and 24 in phase 2 and another 75 in phase 3 which have been announced recently,” the minister stated in reply to supplementaries during the query hour.
“Besides, there were 50,000 medical college seats in the country till 2014 and after that, in the last over six years, 30,000 additional medical colleges seats have been created. More seats would be added with the setting up of those new colleges,” he stated. Mr Vardhan noted that the National Medical Commission is also assessing the total number of medical colleges and seats required in the country, adding that the government will make its policies accordingly. “So far, 22 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been sanctioned under the Modi government. Out of these, 16 AIIMS have been in different stages of implementation since the last seven years,” he stated.
The Health Minister stated the Narendra Modi government, in its second tenure, sanctioned 75 medical colleges in varied states of the country. These are preferably in the aspirational districts and areas where the most deprived people live and where there is no medical college either in private or government sector, he stated.
All these 75 medical colleges have been finalised and notified, the minister stated, adding that the Centre helps 60 per cent of the budget expenditure on these colleges. In response to another query, Mr Vardhan stated no AIIMS has been developed in Karnataka and the state chief minister and leaders have made a request in this regard, adding that the health and finance ministries are working in this regard.
“Under phase 3, 4 medical colleges have been approved in Karnataka in the yr 2019-20 to be established at Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri and Chikkaballapura with intake capacity of 150 MBBS seats each,” the Union Minister stated in a written reply.
He stated the medical colleges have been accredited at a cost of Rs 325 crore every to be shared between the Centre and the state government in the ratio of 60:40.
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