TN: New Medical College to come up in Arilyur, 150 MBBS seats to be added
Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami recently laid the foundation of a new medical college in Arilyur ensuring the addition of 150 MBBS seats in the total intake of UG medical seats. The college will be established within 27 acres of land in Ariyalur South village.
The whole project of constructing a new medical college will be costing 347 Crore. The medical college and hospital at Ariyalur in central Tamil Nadu will be granted 195 crore rupees from the Union Government and State will contribute Rs 130 crore for the construction of the college.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Tamil Nadu government had obtained sanction from the Centre to set up 11 new medical colleges which included those in the eight districts where foundation stone has been laid and Kallakurichi. The Nilgiris and Ariyalur are the two other districts for which permission was accorded by the Union government.
The Tamil Nadu government has already started construction for Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Tirupur, Namakkal, Nagappattinam, Krishnagiri, and Tiruvallur medical colleges.
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