Preparations begin for opening Pune Medical College
Pune: In order to meet the growing demand for quality medical education and accessible medical facilities, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) planning to start a medical college in the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from this academic year for which the preparations have begun.
According to a recent report by HT, the standing committee of the civic body has allocated a budget of ₹1.97 crore for furniture, and over ₹62 lakh for buying various books as part of the initial purchase.
There have been prior hindrances in the establishment of this medical college as a central government team had previously visited the PMC and raised objections but the mayor and municipal commissioner Vikram Kumar subsequently met Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the capital to sort out various issues.
After B J Medical college, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College will be the second government-run medical college in the city. The PMC has formed a trust to run the college and is hoping that trainees from the college will serve in PMC-run hospitals.
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