New medical, dental, AYUSH colleges to come up in Odisha, 400 MBBS seats to be added
Bhubaneswar: Bringing good news to the aspirants seeking MBBS, dental, AYUSH admissions in Odisha-based medical colleges, the state government has announced that 9 new medical colleges are going to be established soon.
Speaking to PTI, the Odisha government is going to set up nine new medical colleges in the state, informed Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said on Tuesday.
Of the nine, four will be dental medical colleges and one Ayurvedic institute.
“We have decided to set up four MBBS colleges at Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal and Nabarangpur districts, four dental colleges at Burla, Berhampur, Bolangir and Keonjhar, besides an Ayurvedic college in Mayurbhanj district,” Mahaling told media persons.
Besides, the new medical colleges with 100 MBBS seats each at Phulbani in Kandhamal district and Talcher in Angul districts will start functioning from the current academic year, he said.
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