Centre Approves 320 PG Medical Seats for Himachal Pradesh With Rs 415 Crore Grant, Says Health Minister Nadda

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said all 320 proposed postgraduate seats across six government medical colleges have been approved, with Shimla's IGMC getting the largest share of 91. The state must now complete the formalities without delay, he said.

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Shimla: The Central government has approved 320 additional postgraduate (PG) medical seats in Himachal Pradesh, with a grant of approximately Rs 415 crore — yaani about Rs 4.15 arab — Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda announced on Saturday, news agency ANI reported.

Source: ANI via LatestLY

320New PG medical seats approved

Rs 415 croreCentral grant

91Seats for IGMC Shimla

6Government medical colleges

Giving the college-wise break-up, Nadda said 91 seats have been approved for Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla, 57 for the government medical college in Hamirpur, 57 for Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College in Tanda, 55 for the medical college at Ner Chowk in Mandi, 32 for the college in Nahan and 28 for the college in Chamba, IANS reported.

Source: IANS via Dailyworld

The approval is part of a wider central scheme to add 10,000 new undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats across the country over five years at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore. Nadda said the Himachal Pradesh government submitted its proposal on June 23, and he discussed the matter with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the AIIMS Bilaspur convocation on October 6 before the Centre sanctioned all 320 seats.

The minister said the additional seats would strengthen specialised services including surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and oncology, and give medical graduates more chances to do postgraduate training inside the state. He urged the state government to complete all administrative and regulatory formalities without delay so the seats are created in a time-bound manner, and also flagged delays in other centrally supported projects in the state.

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