The central government has given permission for the three medical colleges being constructed in the state.
Union minister for Health and family welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the clearance for the three medical colleges coming up at Paderu in Visakhapatnam district, Machilipatnam in Krishna and Pidiguralla in Guntur district was given.
The minister said that these three medical colleges were cleared under the centrally sponsored scheme for establishing new medical colleges attached with existing district or referral hospitals.