Centre Gives Green Signal for Development of Telangana Government Medical Colleges

The Central Government has approved funding of Rs 379.29 crore for the development of government medical colleges and their affiliated hospitals in Telangana. The funds will be provided under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) to strengthen infrastructure in line with the increase in postgraduate medical seats. The Union Health Ministry communicated its approval to the Telangana Health Department Secretary through a letter on Thursday. Over the past two years, 465 postgraduate seats have been added across 26 government medical colleges in the state. The Centre will provide an average of Rs 81.57 lakh for each additional PG seat. With the state government contributing another Rs 253 crore, a total of Rs 632 crore will be spent on upgrading the colleges and their affiliated hospitals.

Meanwhile, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved an increase of 110 MBBS seats across four government medical colleges this year. The institutions are RIMS Adilabad and the government medical colleges in Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar and Siddipet. The state government plans to undertake infrastructure development works worth Rs 108 crore at these colleges and their affiliated hospitals, with the Centre contributing Rs 64 crore. The proposed investments are expected to improve facilities at the medical institutions and strengthen the infrastructure available to medical students and patients.