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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