Azad: 10,000 more PG medical seats soon

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday announced that there would be an additional 10,000 Post Graduate (PG) medical seats in the country in the next couple of years.

At the annual convocation ceremony of the Lady Hardinge Medical College,Azad said that the government has taken a slew of measures to increase the intake of PG students. We are encouraging medical colleges to start new PG courses. I expect the total increase in PG seats during the session 2010-11 to be 4,000.