NEET counselling held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College, 77 aspirants secure MBBS seats in Round 1

The second round of admissions for the institution named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will begin in the first week of April for the remaining seats and authorities hoped that the remaining seats will be filled by the second counselling.

This will be the first batch of medicos to take admission in the government-run institution. Ravindra Binwade, additional municipal commissioner, PMC told Hindustan Times, "It is a proud moment for the civic body. When the first batch would graduate from the college five years down the line it would be a historic day." "The project has been in the making for years now and finally this year when we received all the necessary approvals we could begin the admission process," he said.

Previously Medical Dialogues reported that the National Medical Commission (NMC) had granted its final approval for Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College. NMC also gave permission to start classes of the first MBBS batch in the new medical college on the condition that the civic administration and state government agree to an undertaking. The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, approved affiliations on November 28, 2020, and the college received final approval two years later.

The medical college received final approval from the state government on 8th March. Sanas ground, where the college's dorms are located, has been used as a medical college, and PMC's Kamala Nehru hospital has been affiliated with the institution for conducting practical classes. It will still take a few months to complete the construction of the college building at Naidu hospital so classes for the medicos will be arranged at Kamala Nehru hospital, reports the daily.

The medical college would also increase the number of doctors available for civic hospitals in the next two to three years, as the civic body affirmed that currently there is a scarcity of sufficient staff. Furthermore, the doctors hired for teaching will provide an extra source of manpower for the public health system.