Medical Education in Odisha: NMC gives final nod for 24 PG seats at PGIMER Capital Hospital
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to the Postgraduate medical education in Odisha, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has given the final nod for 24 Postgraduate medical seats in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Capital Hospital Bhubaneswar.
These 24 PG medical (MD/MS) seats belong to six specialties including obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine, surgery, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, and orthopaedics department. For the first three departments, NMC has given its nod for five seats each, while for paediatrics, respiratory medicine and orthopaedics, four, three and two seats have been approved respectively.
Admission in these new MD/MS seats shall commence from the current academic session i.e. 2022-2023 academic year, adds TOI.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Twitter handle confirmed this development and mentioned in a Tweet, "In a major boost to health sector in #Odisha, @NMC_IND has given final permission to start post-graduate courses in PGIMER and Capital Hospital."
Apart from the PG medical course, the tweet by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) further confirmed that NMC has given its permission for GMC Sundargarh and Keonjhar with 100 MBBS seats each.
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