- The Center on Tuesday cleared new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu at Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur notwithstanding the six cleared a month ago. Each will have 150 MBBS seats.
The six colleges are at Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, the Nilgiris, Dindigul, Namakkal and Tirupur. These nine colleges won't simply expand MBBS seats in the state however will likewise make 9,000 employments for specialists, medical caretakers, paramedics and other associated health laborers.
"At one stroke we will have the option to included 6,750 tertiary consideration beds in the state, where treatment including for complex conditions including organ disappointment is done free of cost. This implies individuals don't need to make a trip from these locale to urban areas like Chennai, Madurai or Coimbatore for healthcare. Each medical school and emergency clinic will have at any rate 300 specialists," said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
Vijayabaskar said the accessibility of inexhaustible land allocates the closeness of the locale headquarter clinics in Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur, helped the state get the assent in a matter of seconds.
Vijayabaskar and health secretary Beela Rajesh met Association health minister Unforgiving Vardhan on Wednesday and expressed gratitude toward him for authorizing three additional colleges. "It is a fantasy of Amma (previous CM J Jayalalithaa) to have colleges in each region. We are near accomplishing. Over the most recent six years of the AIADMK government, we have expanded MBBS seats by 1,350. Nine additional colleges will include another 1,350 seats," the minister told.
Vijayabaskar said the health division was additionally wanting to assume control over Rajah Muthiah Medical School and Emergency clinic in Chidambaram, on the lines of medical colleges of ESIC, and IRT medical school in Dissolve.
Boss minister Edappadi K Palaniswami likewise expressed gratitude toward Leader Narendra Modi and the Association government for authorizing the colleges. "I mentioned PM to endorse three colleges and subsidizing for the equivalent. The proposition were sent inside a limited capacity to focus time and land for the colleges was dispensed right away. On my solicitation, the Center has endorsed. It is a noteworthy accomplishment to get authorization for nine colleges in a year," the CM said.