Enhancing Medical Education in Chennai with New MBBS Seats

Monday, 21 October 2024, 11:50

Chennai news reports that Tamil Nadu is seeking to enhance medical education by adding 550 new MBBS seats across 11 colleges. This significant increase is aimed at meeting the growing demand for medical professionals in the region. The National Medical Commission (NMC) is expected to approve this request, thereby boosting undergraduate seats available in Tamil Nadu’s medical colleges.
Indiatimes
Enhancing Medical Education in Chennai with New MBBS Seats

Chennai news today highlights an initiative by the state health department aiming to secure National Medical Commission (NMC) approval for increasing undergraduate MBBS seats by 50 in each of 11 medical colleges initiated in 2021. If approved, this boost will elevate the total MBBS seats across Tamil Nadu's 36 government medical colleges by 550, making it a total of 5,600 available seats for the admissions cycle of 2025-26.

Dr. J Sangumani, director of medical education, emphasized that this enhancement would provide more undergraduate seats for prospective medical students at an affordable cost.


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