NMC nod to 75 additional PG medical seats in Telangana
Telangana: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 75 new PG seats in seven government medical colleges in Telangana for the academic year 2025-26.
Currently, the state's GMCs have a total of 1,191 PG seats. Therefore, with these additional seats, the number will increase to 1,266 seats.
The seven GMCs where PG seats have been approved include Osmania Medical College, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Siddipet, Suryapet, Nalgonda, and SIMS Ramagundam.
According to the New Indian Express news report, These seats have been added in various departments, including hospital administration, paediatrics, DVL, ENT, orthopaedics, anaesthesia, pathology, respiratory medicine, biochemistry, emergency medicine, and obstetrics and gynaecology.
The state health department said that this approval has been given due to improvement in the facilities in GMCs in the state.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the NMC approved a total of 62 PG medical seats in a total of 6 government medical colleges and hospitals in Odisha for the academic year 2025-26. The six government medical colleges and hospitals include Burla-based Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Cuttack-based SCB Medical College, Bhubaneswar-based PGIMER and Capital Hospital, Baripada-based PRM Medical College, Balasore-based FM Medical College and Balangir-based Bhima Bhoi Medical College.
Out of these 62 PG seats, 15 seats have been approved in VIMSAR, 3 in SCB Medical College, 6 each in PGIMER and Capital Hospital, 20 in PRM Medical College, 8 in FM Medical College and 10 in Bhima Bhoi Medical College.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has thanked Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda for approving 62 postgraduate seats in six government medical colleges. In a letter to the minister, Majhi said the approval is an important milestone in strengthening medical education and healthcare infrastructure in western Odisha.
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