PG medical seats in Himachal across 6 govt institutes rise by 320- 91 at IGMC Shimla, 57 at Tanda medical college
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has increased postgraduate (PG) medical seats across its six government medical colleges from 277 to 597, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
According to a Hindustan Times report, at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College, Mandi, PG seats have been increased from 24 to 79, while at Dr YS Parmar Government Medical College, Nahan the number has increased from 3 to 35.
Meanwhile, the seats have increased at Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College, Hamirpur, from eight to 65; at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, PG medical seats increased from 139 to 230.
At Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, the PG medical seats have been increased from 99 to 156 seats, and Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba, saw its PG seats increase from four to 32, reports Hindustan Times
The Chief Minister said that the state government was placing special emphasis on strengthening government medical colleges, expanding opportunities for PG medical education and improving the availability of specialised healthcare services.
Sh. Sukhu said that the increase in PG medical seats would provide young doctors with greater opportunities to pursue specialised medical education within the state. It would also increase the availability of trained specialist doctors in government hospitals.
He said that the state government was committed to providing specialised medical services to people close to their homes. Along with strengthening the infrastructure of healthcare institutions, the government was ensuring the adoption of modern technology.
Medical Dialogues had reported that altogether 1,40,664 MBBS seats are available in India for the academic year 2026-2027, according to the updated seat matrix released by the National Medical Commission (NMC) recently. The latest seat matrix shows that 1,27,028 MBBS seats have been renewed, while 13,636 seats have been increased across 839 medical colleges in the country.
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