Punjab: Okayed several years ago, 2 Doaba colleges yet to see the light of day
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Punjab: Okayed several years ago, 2 Doaba colleges yet to see the light of day

Hindustan Times  

The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government Medical College, the stone for which was laid by chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Nawashahr on Sunday, is the third such facility announced for the Doaba region in the past six years but the previous two colleges, announced in 2019 and 2020, are yet to see the light of day. The then Congress government in the state had approved a medical college in Hoshiarpur in 2020 and another in Kapurthala in 2019 to mark the 550th celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev birth anniversary. After coming to power in 2022, chief minister Bhagwant Mann, along with former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, had laid the foundation stone of Hoshiarpur medical college in November 2023 that was named after revolutionary Udham Singh. In Kapurthala, the administration had finalised 20 acres at the civil hospital for construction of the medical college at the cost of ₹428.69 crore but the project failed to take off till date.

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Punjab: Nawanshahr College with 50 MBBS seats to come up in 3 years, Chief Minister lays stone
2 days, 9 hours ago

Punjab: Nawanshahr College with 50 MBBS seats to come up in 3 years, Chief Minister lays stone

Hindustan Times  

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann laid the foundation stone of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government Medical College in Nawashahr on Sunday. To be built at the cost of ₹300 crore, the medical college will offer 50 MBBS seats, he said while addressing the gathering during a state-level function to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and …

Punjab may have to wait till ’26 for new government medical college
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab may have to wait till ’26 for new government medical college

Hindustan Times  

In a setback for MBBS aspirants in the state, no new government medical college is to come up in Punjab until 2026. This is because the state government won’t be able to apply to the National Medical Council, the apex governing body in medical education, for permission to start new medical colleges as the work on the two proposed medical …

Wait for Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur med colleges gets longer
1 year ago

Wait for Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur med colleges gets longer

Hindustan Times  

Though the Aam Aadmi Party government in their first budget for 2022-23 proposed to set up 16 new medical colleges in the state in five years of their tenure, no new medical college has come up even after two years of their government. The NMC, an apex regulating body in the country’s medical education, on March 14 uploaded a list …

On Jan 21, Nitish to inaugurate medical college named after Ram and Sita
1 year, 2 months ago

On Jan 21, Nitish to inaugurate medical college named after Ram and Sita

Hindustan Times  

A new medical college named after Lord Ram and Sita, Sriram Janki Medical College and Hospital, will be inaugurated at Narghoghi in Sarairanjan block of Samastipur district of Bihar on January 21. On Jan 21, Nitish to inaugurate medical college named after Ram and Sita Additional chief secretary of state health department, Pratyaya Amrit, confirmed that the preparations were going …

Fund, staff crunch hamper health care at Faridkot medical college
1 year, 3 months ago

Fund, staff crunch hamper health care at Faridkot medical college

Hindustan Times  

The Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital at Faridkot celebrated its golden jubilee on Sunday, but the facility is facing a shortage of budget and manpower, adversely impacting the healthcare at the facility. The medical college, established in 1973, caters to seven districts of the south Malwa region of the state and bordering areas of Haryana and Rajasthan. “Recently, …

Punjab’s plan to set up 2 new medical colleges likely to get delayed
1 year, 4 months ago

Punjab’s plan to set up 2 new medical colleges likely to get delayed

Hindustan Times  

Punjab government’s plan of much-needed new medical colleges may not be functional before March 2025 as the final date to apply for the new medical colleges for next year’s batch has been missed by the state. The Punjab government will have to wait for a year to apply for new medical colleges. Confirming the development, Punjab medical education minister Dr …

16 New Medical Colleges to Be Set Up in Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann
2 years, 7 months ago

16 New Medical Colleges to Be Set Up in Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann

News 18  

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said his government will build 16 medical colleges in five years and the aspirants will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine for medical education. Lamenting that none of the successive governments in the state focused on establishing quality medical colleges in Punjab, Mann said as a result of this, a …

Haryana govt to build medical college and hospital in Gurgaon
4 years, 3 months ago

Haryana govt to build medical college and hospital in Gurgaon

India TV News  

A medical college and hospital will be built in Gurgaon at a cost of Rs 981 crore, officials who attended a meeting presided over by Chief Minister ML Khattar informed Tuesday. In the seventh meeting of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, the chief minister discussed the body's important projects and progress. "During the meeting, the construction of Sheetla Mata Medical …

Always a pioneer
5 years, 1 month ago

Always a pioneer

The Hindu  

YOU have spent over three decades at MAHE. And while the majority opinion was self-preservation, which when translated meant “we should compromise”, Dr Pai said: “No, even if it means closing down I will, but I won’t compromise.” That’s the level of integrity. Despite a proliferation of private players in medical education, MAHE’s colleges are a class apart. In 1953, …

Punjab Cabinet approves 994 posts for medical college
5 years, 9 months ago

Punjab Cabinet approves 994 posts for medical college

India TV News  

The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved the creation of 994 posts of teaching faculty, para-medical staff and multi-task workers for the upcoming Government Medical College in Mohali, with an intake capacity of 100 MBBS seats. The creation of the posts was in conformity with the minimum requirements laid down by the Medical Council of India for 100 MBBS seats, a …

100 MBBS students to be admitted to new Himachal Pradesh medical college as it becomes functional
6 years, 9 months ago

100 MBBS students to be admitted to new Himachal Pradesh medical college as it becomes functional

India Today  

A newly built government medical college became functional in Himachal Pradesh on June 16 after getting the nod from the state government to admit 100 MBBS students for this academic session. State to have 600 MBBS seats Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone, Thakur said, "After Hamirpur Medical College becoming functional, the number of government medical colleges …

Punjab govt sticks to its initial plan, to open medical college in Mohali
7 years, 1 month ago

Punjab govt sticks to its initial plan, to open medical college in Mohali

Hindustan Times  

Following the controversy over shifting of the proposed medical college from Mohali to Sangrur, the state government has reverted to its initial plan. Health department officials claimed that the CM had asked Mohindra to seek possibilities of shifting the college to Sangrur as hardly any land was available in Mohali. Earlier this month, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh directed health …

Six medical college hospitals in UP to be upgraded, says Harsh Vardhan
10 years, 7 months ago

Six medical college hospitals in UP to be upgraded, says Harsh Vardhan

India TV News  

Kanpur: Six medical college hospitals in Uttar Pradesh will be modernized and converted into super-specialty facility on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Kanpur. As I had been a medical student in Kanpur, I happen to know that the need of the hour is to expand infrastructure at an unprecedented …

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