Andhra Pradesh gets 3 Medical Colleges under Centrally Sponsored Scheme: MoS Health
New Delhi: Referring to the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals', the Minister of State for the Union Health Ministry recently confirmed before the Parliament that 3 medical colleges have been approved in Andhra Pradesh under Phase III of this scheme.
Although there were seven proposals of setting up medical colleges in the State, three of them have been sanctioned and those three medical colleges are going to come up at Piduguralla, Paderu and Machilipatnam.
"Phase-III of the above Centrally Sponsored Scheme was approved to establish 75 medical colleges. Seven proposals for setting up medical colleges at Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam, Eluru, Markapuram (Prakasam District), Pulivendula (YSR Kadapa District), Vizianagaram were received from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, out of which three were approved at Piduguralla, Paderu and Machilipatnam," informed the MoS Health.
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