Assam is working towards the goal of having medical colleges in every district: Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma

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• Nov 5, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: One
medical college every district in Assam is the state's goal, according to Assam
Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"The
government has already started the process of establishing 15 new medical
colleges in addition to the nine already in operation. Seven medical colleges
are being built out of the 15 new medical schools; these are located in
Nalbari, Nagaon, Kokrajhar, Tinsukia, Charaideo, Biswanath Chariali, and the
second medical school in Guwahati.

Five new medical
colleges will be built by the government in Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Marigaon,
Tamulpur, and Dhemaji this month, and work will start on three further medical colleges
in Sivasagar, Karimganj, and Goalpara very shortly. Assam will establish 24
medical colleges in total within the next five years, significantly increasing
the state's access to physicians and medical treatment, according to the Assam
Chief Minister.

The number of
MBBS seats has increased from 726 in 2014 to 1200 in 2022, according to the
Chief Minister of Assam, who also stated this on Friday.

"There were
395 Post Graduate (PG) seats available in Assam as of 2014. The total number of
PG seats is now 711 as of 2022. As a result, there are now more physicians
available. Similar to this, 44 super-specialty seats are presently open in a
number of Assam government-run institutions. Additionally, the state will have
2700 MBBS seats after the new medical institutions' construction is complete,
greatly improving Assam's ability to offer medical education, according to
Sarma.

At a ceremony
held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati on Friday, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief
minister of Assam, witnessed the signing of an MoU between the Assam government
and Bright Star Investments Pvt. Ltd. for the infrastructure development of the
academic block of the second medical college in Guwahati.

The Assam Chief Minister radiated assurance that the signing of
the MoU marked the start of a new era for Assam.

He predicted that more of these partnerships would form in the
coming days, greatly enhancing the state's medical education.