285 seats in 25 MD,MS courses to get Health Ministry Nod, Check out details
Great News For PG aspirants. Through a public notice, the Ministry of Health and family welfare has announced, that letter of permission (LOP) will be given to 63 more medical colleges across the country to start and increase seats in various PG courses. With the move it is expected to add 285 seats in 25 PG courses
The last date for issue of LoP in respect of PG (Broad Specialty) Courses for the academic session 2018-19 is 28.02.2018. The Ministry has issued letters to the applicant colleges in respect of recommendation received from MCI earlier for submission necessary Bank Guarantee and other documents. The Ministry is in the process of issuing LoP in respect of the courses where necessary documents have been received. The remaining colleges are advised to submit the documents in the Ministry for issuing of LoP.
After the recommendations from MCI, the Ministry will now be issuing LoP in respect of following colleges/course for which the Ministry has asked for documents:-
| No. | Name of College | Name of Course (Starting/Increase) | Seats |
| 1 | Dr D Y Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune | Increase: MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 10 to 12 |
| MS (Otorhinolaryngology | 03 to 06 | ||
| MS (General Surgery) | 16 to 24 | ||
| MS (Orthopaedics) | 07 to 09 | ||
| 2 | Narayan Medical College & Hospital, Sasaram | Starting: MD (General Medicine) | 08 |
| MD (Paediatrics) | 04 | ||
| MD (Pathology) | 08 | ||
| MS (Orthopaedics) | 04 | ||
| 3 | Shri Satya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram | Increase: MD (Paediatrics) | 03 to 06 |
| MD (General Medicine) | 06 to 10 | ||
| MD (Anaesthesiology) | 04 to 09 | ||
| MS (Obstetrics & | 03 to 06 | ||
| MS (Orthopaedics) | 03 to 06 | ||
| 4 | School of Medical Sciences & Research, Greater Noida, U.P. | Starting: MD (Paediatrics) | 06 |
| MD (General Medicine) | 10 | ||
| MD (Radio-Diagnosis) | |||
| MS (Ophthalmology) | 02 | ||
| MD (DVL) | 02 | ||
| 5 | Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre Kerala | Increase: MS (Orthopaedics) | 02 to 04 |
| 6 | KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, Kolkata | Starting: MS (Orthopaedics) | 06 |
| MS (Otorhinolaryngology) | 02 | ||
| MD (Radio-Diagnosis) | 04 | ||
| 7 | Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Latur | Increase: MD (General Medicine) | 02 to 04 |
| 8 | Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur | Increase: MD(Respiratory Medicine) | 03 to 04 |
| MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) | 05 to 09 | ||
| 9 | Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata | Starting: MD (Physiology) | 04 |
| 10 | Coimbatore Medical College, Tamil Nadu | Starting: MD(Respiratory Medicine) | 02 |
| I l | Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar | Starting: MD (Forensic Medicine) | 04 |
| MD (Pathology) | 11 | ||
| 12 | Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences | Starting: MS (Orthopaedics) | 04 |
| 13 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore | Increase: MD (Radiodiagnosis) | 01 to 04 |
| MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) | 01 to 04 | ||
| 14 | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Maharashtra | Increase: MD (Anaesthesiology) | 08 to 12 |
| MD (Paediatrics) | 07 to 09 | ||
| MS (General Surgery) | 12 to 16 | ||
| 15 | Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala | Increase: MD (Anaesthesiology) | 02 to 04 |
| MD (Paediatrics) | 02 to 04 | ||
| 16 | IQ City Medical College, Burdwan, W. Bengal | Starting: MD (Microbiology) | 03 |
| MD (Community Medicine) | 03 | ||
| MD (Physiology) | 03 | ||
| 17 | Theni Government Medical College, Theni, Tamilnadu | Starting: MS (General Surgery) | 08 |
| MD (Anatomy) | 03 | ||
| 18 | SMS Medical College, Jaipur | Increase: MD (Microbiology) | 09 to 14 |
| 19 | Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College & Hospital, Solan | Starting: MD (Forensic Medicine) | 03 |
| 20 | NRI Medical College & General Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh | Increase: MD (General Medicine) | 10 to 14 |
| 21 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur | Starting: MD(Respiratory Medicine) | 02 |
| 22 | Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala | Starting: MD (Radio-Therapy) | 02 |
| Increase: MS (Ophthalmology) | 03 to 04 | ||
| MS (OBG) | 06 to 08 | ||
| 23 | Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttrakhand | Increase: MS(Opthalmology) | 02 to 04 |
| MD (Community Medicine) | 04 to 06 | ||
| MD (DVL) | 01 to 03 | ||
| 24 | Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu | Starting: MD (Bio-Chemistry) | 03 |
| MS (Ophthalmology) | 02 | ||
| MS(Orthopaedics) | 06 | ||
| MD (Community Medicine) | 03 | ||
| 25 | N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur | Increase: MS (Orthopaedics) | 03 to 07 |
| MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 05 to 07 | ||
| 26 | Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamilnadu | Starting: MD (Microbiology) | 03 |
| 27 | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikh aura Patna | Starting: MD (Pathology) | 05 |
| 28 | Government Medical College, Aurangabad | Starting: MD (Radio-Therapy) | 02 |
| 29 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 05 to 10 |
| 30 | S. Nijalingappa Medical College & FISK Hospital & Research Centre, Bagalkot | Increase: MS (OBG) | 03 to 06 |
| MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 01 to 03 | ||
| MS (General Surgery) | 04 to 08 | ||
| 31 | GMERS Medical College, Gotri, Vadodara | Starting: MD (DVL) | 02 |
| 32 | GMERS Medical College, sola, Ahmedabad | Starting: MD (Anaesthesiology) | 07 |
| 33 | Government Medical College, Chandigarh | Starting: MD (Radio-Therapy) | 04 |
| 34 | L.N. Medical College & Research Centre, Bhopal | Starting: MD (Anaesthesiology) | 08 |
| 35 | Thoothukudi Medical College, Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu | Starting: MD (Paediatrics) | 06 |
| MS (General Surgery) | 10 | ||
| MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecolow) | 06 | ||
| MD (General Medicine) | 10 | ||
| 36 | Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu | Starting: MS (Ophthalmology) | 02 |
| MD (Paediatrics) | 04 | ||
| 37 | Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly | Increase: MS (Orthopaedics) | 02 to 06 |
| MD (Anaesthesiology) | 03 to 09 | ||
| MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 02 to 05 | ||
| 38 | Shree Guru Govind Singh Tricentenary Medical College, Hospital & Research Insitute, Gurgaon | Starting: MD (General Medicine) | 08 |
| MS (General Surgery) | 08 | ||
| MS (OBG) | 04 | ||
| MD (Psychiatry) | 02 | ||
| MS (Otorhinolaryngology) | 02 | ||
| MD (Paediatrics) | 04 | ||
| MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 06 | ||
| 39 | Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad | Starting: MD (Hospital Administration) | 03 |
| 40 | Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda | Starting: MS (Otorhinolaryngology) | 02 |
| 41 | Narayana Medical College, Nellore | Increase: MD(Respiratory Medicine) | 03 to 05 |
| MS (OBG) | 07 to 13 | ||
| MD (Anaesthesiology) | 08 to 12 | ||
| 42 | ESI-Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Basaidara ur | Starting: MD (Paediatrics) | 04 |
| 43 | Dr Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati | Increase: MD (General Medicine) | 01 to 04 |
| 44 | Tirunelveli Medical Tirunelveli College | Starting: MD (Radio Diagnosis) | 04 |
| 45 | Aarupadai Veedu College Puduche Medical Hospital | Increase:MD (DVL) | 02 to 03 |
| 46 | Kilpauk Medical Chennai College | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 01 to 06 |
| 47 | Government Medical Srinagar College | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 02 to 06 |
| 48 | Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, | Starting: MD (Microbiology) | 03 |
| 49 | GCS Medical College, Ahmedabad | Starting: MD(Respiratory Medicine) | 02 |
| MD (Paediatrics) | 05 | ||
| MS (Ophthalmology) | 02 | ||
| 50 | Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga | Starting: MD (Anaesthesiology) | 04 |
| 51 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute,Puducherry | Increase MS (Orthopaedics) | 03 to 10 |
| 52 | Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Amalapuram. | Increase: MS (OBG) | 03 to 05 |
| MD (Anaesthesiology) | 06 to 11 | ||
| Starting: MD (Psychiatry) | 02 | ||
| 53 | Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka. | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 02 to 04 |
| Starting:MS (Orthopaedics) | 03 | ||
| MD (Paediatrics) | 02 | ||
| 54 | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 09 to 15 |
| 55 | Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar. | Increase: MD (Pathology) | 04 to 08 |
| MS (General Surgery) | 04 to 10 | ||
| 56 | SRM Medical College Hospital Research Centre, Kanchee Uram, Tamil Nadu. | Increase: MD (General Medicine) | 08 to 15 |
| 57 | KAP Viswanathan Government Medical College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu. | Starting: MD (Pathology) | 06 |
| MS (Ophthalmology) | 02 | ||
| 58 | GSL Medical College & General Hospital, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. | Increase: MS (General Surgery) | 07 to 14 |
| 59 | Government Medical College, Nizamabad, Telangana | Starting: MD Pharmacology | 03 |
| 60 | Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbar a. | Increase: MD Pathology | 01 to 04 |
| 61 | Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra. | Increase: MD Microbiology | 01 to 05 |
| 62 | M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka. | Increase: MS (Otorhinolaryngology) | 02 to 04 |
| 63 | Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka. | Starting: MS (Otorhinolaryngology) | 02 |
The Ministry will issue necessary letters calling for documents etc. shortly and the letters will also be uploaded on the website of the Ministry.
4The Colleges whose Schemes have been approved are required to furnish the following documents/undertaking for getting the Letter of Permission (LoP) from the Central Government:-
- The applicant shall provide all infrastructural facilities in terms of teaching and non-teaching staff, buildings, equipment and hospital facilities as per Medical Council of India norms.
- No student shall be admitted in the above course till the formal permission of the Central Govt. is granted.
- The Private Medical College should provide Bank Guarantee of required amount (wherever applicable) in favour of Medical Council of India, New Delhi valid for three years from a nationalized/ scheduled Bank as per MCI's norms. However, medical colleges/institutions governed by the State Govt. are required to furnish only an undertaking to provide funds in their budget till the facilities are fully provided as per time bound programme indicated by them.
- The Medical Colleges/institutions will provide an undertaking to implement the decision regarding payment of stipend to the PG students similar to PG students of Govt. Medical colleges in their State.
- The Govt. Medical College(s) (except those colleges located in J&K) should give an undertaking authorizing Medical Counseling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health ands Family Welfare, Government of India to include 50% of PG (Medical) seats in All India Quota PG seats for the year 2018-19.
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