‘Medical colleges doubled in last 9 years’: Mansukh Mandaviya

The minister claimed that the number of MBBS seats in the country has increased from 50,000 in 2014 to 1,07,000 till now.

Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated UG medical college, regional cancer center and virtual autopsy facility, new modular OT complex at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong. (Pic source: @mansukhmandviya)

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Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya claimed that the number of medical colleges in the country has doubled in the past nine years. He also notified that the central government is building one critical care unit in every district in the nation.

“In the last nine years, the number of medical colleges has doubled in the country. A total of 1,70,000 Health and Wellness Centres have been created across India. We are also building one Critical Care unit in every district in the country,” he said in an address at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong.

Inaugurating & laying the foundation stone of various projects at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong https://t.co/uzcOObt8ju

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@mansukhmandviya) October 14, 2023

The health minister was inaugurating a regional cancer centre at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong. The minister claimed that the number of MBBS seats in the country has increased from 50,000 in 2014 to 1,07,000 till now.

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He also laid the foundation stone for 150-bed Critical Care Block at NEIGRIHMS. “The new facilities at NEIGRIHMS will provide much-needed healthcare services to the people of the Northeast. The central government is committed to improve the health infrastructure in the region,” he said.

“It is our plan to develop NEIGRIHMS as an institute of national importance,” Mandaviya added.

He inaugurated UG medical college, regional cancer center and virtual autopsy facility, new modular OT complex at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong. “The facilities will help people of Meghalaya get affordable and quality healthcare,” he said.

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