Tamil Nadu has 3,400 MBBS seats now and will add 1,650 in future: CM
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“To enable more students from rural areas and economically backward sections to realise their dream of becoming doctors, the State government, in a short period, got the approval of the Centre to establish new medical colleges in 11 districts.”
From 1,945 MBBS seats in 2010-2011, the variety of medical seats in the State has elevated to 3,400 now. In the approaching years, 11 new authorities medical schools would provide 1,650 extra seats, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami mentioned.
“To enable more students from rural areas and economically backward sections to realise their dream of becoming doctors, the State government, in a short period, got the approval of the Centre to establish new medical colleges in 11 districts – Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, The Nilgiris, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Kallakurichi, Tiruvallur, Tiruppur, Namakkal and Krishnagiri. The foundation stones has been laid and construction was underway. Through this, the State government has taken measures to create an additional 1,650 MBBS seats in the coming years,” he said shortly after inaugurating Fortis Hospital at Vadapalani on Monday.
It was to enable students of government schools to become doctors that the State government has passed a Bill to provide 7.5% horizontal reservation in medical admissions, he added.
The CM emphasised that medicine was a “fine art” and not “business”. Listing out the achievements in healthcare in TN, he mentioned, “Last year, Infant Mortality Rate came down from 16 to 15 (deaths per 1,000 live births), while the State has already achieved the 2030 target of Sustainable Development Goals in reducing Maternal Mortality Rate,” he mentioned.
A complete of 254 new major well being centres (PHC) had been established, and 166 PHCs had been upgraded. In the final three years, 56 CT scan machines, 22 MRI scan machines, 18 cath labs and 530 dialysis machines had been supplied for presidency hospitals.
He added that to reinforce most cancers care in the federal government sector, Linear Accelerators had been being put in at 10 authorities hospitals at a value of Rs 190 crore. Work to improve the Adyar Cancer Institute at Rs.120 crore was nearing completion, whereas the Government Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Hospital at Kancheepuram was additionally being upgraded at a value of Rs. 120 crore, he mentioned. “Along with government hospitals, private hospitals are functioning well in the State to provide quality health care for the people,” he mentioned.
Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan, Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, managing director and chief govt officer, Fortis Healthcare Limited and Anil Vinayak, group chief working officer, Fortis Healthcare, had been current. The 250-bed facility is Fortis Healthcare’s second multispeciality hospital in the town.
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