Nine medical colleges of UP attached with their existing district hospitals received the approval to start TEACHING for the academic session 2021-2022 by the National Medical Commission (NMC). All of these nine medical colleges are scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 25.
As many as 100 MBBS seats were proposed for each of these nine medical colleges which are based in Etah, Deoria, Sidharthnagar, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Fatehpur and Mirzapur.
“It is a historical achievement for the UP government. The NMC has approved teaching for the academic session 2021-2022 to all of the proposed nine medical colleges by the state. All of these nine medical colleges are expected to be inaugurated by PM Modi on October 25,” he said.
The state chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath had previously said that with centre and state Resources, a chain of medical colleges has been established in UP covering as many as 59 districts.
Eight of these nine medical colleges have been converted to their new from that of the existing district hospital at an Average project cost of over Rs 200 crore each. The exception being Jaunpur Medical College which is being set up at a project cost of around Rs 555 crore, half of which has been released.