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Signing an MoU with Bright Star Investments Pvt Ltd for infrastructure development of the second medical college in Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that in the next five years, Assam will have 24 medical colleges which will be largely will improve access to doctors and health care in the region.
He said that the regional government is working on a vision to implement one medical college in Cassam.
Already, the government has taken steps to establish 15 new medical colleges in addition to the existing nine educational institutions. Of the 15 new medical colleges, seven of them are being set up in Nalbari, Nagaon, Kokrajhar, Tinsukia, Charideo, Biswanath Chariali, along with a second medical college in Guwahati.
Sarma informed that the government will start construction of five more medical colleges in Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Marigaon, Tamulpur and Dhemaji during this month, while the work of three more medical colleges in Sivasagar, Karimganj and Goalpara will be started soon. .
With the increase in medical colleges in the state, the number of MBBS seats has also increased from 726 in 2014 to 1,200 in 2022. Till 2014, the total number of post-graduate (PG) seats in Assam was 395, which has increased. in 2022 it was 711.
Also, 44 special seats are now available in various institutions. The state will have 2,700 MBBS seats after the completion of the proposed medical colleges, the CM said.
“It is the first time that the Assam government has partnered with the private sector to build the infrastructure of a medical college in the state,” he added.
In 1960, the first medical college in Guwahati was established to cater to the needs of the people of Assam as well as neighboring states.
— IANS
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