Nod for 24 new medical colleges

Why in the news ?

  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister  gave its approval for setting up 24 new medical colleges in underserved areas
  • The move is to increase the under and post graduate medical seats by 18,058 and adding 248 nursing and midwifery schools.

Details

  • According to a release issued by the Health Ministry, “The government is looking at continuation of the ongoing scheme to establish 58 new medical colleges attached with existing district/ referral hospitals already approved under Phase­l by 2019­20. Selection and establishment of 24 new medical colleges will be under Phase lI by 2021-­22.’’
  • The locations of the proposed 24 new medical colleges in Phase ­ll will be selected within the identified underserved areas in challenge mode.
  • An amount of Rs5,587.68 crore is proposed for the ongoing scheme under Central share during Phase­I.
  • Phase II entails an amount of Rs3,675 crore to be spent till 2021­-22 as Central share out of which an amount of Rs2,600 crore is proposed to be spent till 2019­-2020.
  • It has been planned to ensure at least one medical college for every three to five Parliamentary Constituencies and at least one Government medical college in a State.
  • The Cabinet has also given the green signal for setting up 112 Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) Schools and 136 General Nursing Midwifery (GNM) Schools by 2019­20 in underserved districts.

Source.

·         The Hindu.

Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 8th Feb 2018