WB invites applications to set up Private medical colleges at Govt Hospitals based on NMC guidelines

The notification mentions that the state government has been receiving requests from project proponents desirous of setting up of Private Medical Colleges for which they have lands/properties/buildings (completed or under construction), but do not have appropriate hospital ie 300 bedded hospital running for two years or more to which they may show themselves to be attached to. Moreover, the project proponents are requesting the state to spare use of some of its facilities for a temporary period, for a few years, for enabling them to apply to the National Medical Commission, for which they are ready to pay to the Government of West Bengal certain user charges/ fees (as may be decided by the Government) and they are ready to indemnify the Government ( in whichever mode the Government decides).

Therefore, in order to examine and treat such requests on a universal platform, the Government of West Bengal has now sought Expression of Interest (EOI) from project proponents formally in this regard.

The interested project proponents can download the notification from the website from 07-12-2020 from 10 AM onwards. The Project Proponents are requested to go through NMC regulations, as applicable, for the establishment of the new Medical College. Recognizing that a well-functioning hospital is at the core of medical training, the new regulation now mandates the availability of a fully functional 300-bed multi-specialty hospital for at least 2 years at the time of application for establishing a new medical college

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