Delhi University to set up Medical College, Patel Chest Institute Sends Proposal to Centre

New Delhi: The MBBS seat matrix in Delhi is likely to increase further as Delhi University has announced that it will now be working towards setting up a full-fledged medical college at the existing Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute.

An announcement in this regard was made by the Vice-chancellor of the University Yogesh Singh during a press conference. Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute, which currently offers specialised medical courses to students under DU, has already sent a proposal to the Government of India to make it a full-fledged medical college, adds PTI.

"We have Patel Chest Institute. We wish to make it a full-fledged medical institute, which is why the Patel Chest Institute has sent a letter to the Government of India. It is now a specialised hospital if we could include more disciplines. We will open a multispeciality hospital in the coming days," Singh said.

The VC further informed that the University is currently working on building the infrastructure and hostel facilities to accommodate for more than 1,000 students and the construction work for the hostels will commence soon.

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“We are working on building infrastructure and eventually new courses will also be added. We have to wait for at least a year. We are planning to add a full-scale medical College. Currently, Patel chest institute offers specialised medical courses,” stated the DU VC, adds Times Now.

Started in 1950s, VPCI is a postgraduate medical institution devoted to research, teaching and patient care in the field of chest diseases. It is a University of Delhi-maintained institution and is funded entirely by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Institute is ideally located in the heart of the main campus of the University of Delhi, providing the requisite academic environment.

In 1946, the Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for this purpose recommended the establishment of a chest institute. A proposal to this effect was accordingly formulated by the Vice-Chancellor and submitted to the government.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the then Deputy Prime Minister, laid the foundation stone for the institute on April 6, 1949. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the then Union Minister of Health, formally opened the Institute on January 12, 1953 and Dr R. Viswanathan was appointed as the first Director of VPCI. The hospital wing, Viswanathan Chest Hospital (formerly known as Clinical Research Centre), was started around 1956. It was inaugurated by the then President Rajendra Prasad on October 24, 1957.

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