900 Beds, 2000 OPDs must for 250 MBBS seats: Health Minister details NMC guidelines in Parliament - Video

The Union Minister of State for Health, Smt Anupriya Patel, recently provided the details of patient bed-capacity prescribed under the UG-Minimum Standed Requirements for MBBS seats intake at medical colleges.

For 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 MBBS seats, the hospital should have a capacity of 220, 420, 605, 770 and 900 patient beds, respectively.

Further, there should be an OPD count of 400 for 50 MBBS seats, 800 OPDs for 100 MBBS seats, 1200 OPDs for 150 MBBS seats, 1600 OPDs for 200 MBBS seats, and 2000 OPDs for 250 MBBS seats. There should be 1 minor OT for each surgical speciality and 4 major OTs for 50 MBBS seats, 7 major OTs for 100 MBBS seats, 9 OTs for 150 MBBS seats, 10 OTs for 200 MBBS seats and 11 OTs for 250 MBBS seats.