Tuesday, September 11, 2018
- Chandigarh, Sept 11 - Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that during its tenure, the present State Government has increased the number of seats in medical colleges from 700 to 1,450. As per the State Government’s commitment to open new medical college in each district and increase the number of seats in already established medical colleges, the number of seats would reach up to 2,000 in the coming years.
- The Chief Minister was speaking in the ongoing session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, here today.
- He said that when the present State Government came into power in 2014, the number of seats in all medical colleges in the state was 700. The State Government had announced to set up one new medical college in each district to provide improved healthcare services to people. Apart from this, the medical colleges at Narnaul, Jind, Bhiwani, Gurugram and Miri-Piri are in pipeline and their foundation stone would soon be laid.
- He said that the Central Government has also given its approval for establishing Ayurvedic AIIMS in Panchkula. Apart from this, the State Government intends to open another five new medical colleges in the current session, even if they would be opened under Public Private Partnership mode.