Nellore Medical College gets NMC approval to start MS General surgery, Orthopaedics
Tirupati: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given its approval to the government medical college in Nellore for begining the courses of MS (General Surgery) and MS (Orthopaedics) programs for the 2024–2025 academic year.
As of now nine seats have been approved altogether for the two programs.
A Master of Surgery (MS) in General Surgery is a three-year postgraduate medical program that teaches students how to perform surgical procedures and manage patients. MS in Orthopedics is a postgraduate medical degree program that focuses on the study and practice of orthopedics. Orthopedics is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
Dr. Poonam Meena, Deputy Secretary (Medical Education), gave the directives on Tuesday. The National Medical Commission rejected the government medical college in Nellore's initial application in October of last year to launch a new MS (General Surgery) program with 15 seats and an MS (Orthopaedics) program with 12 seats, reports Times of India.
After learning about the problem, Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy had met with National Medical Commission chairman BN Gangadhar and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda to request their assistance.
Later, a group of officials inspected the government medical college in Nellore once more and submitted a positive report to the National Medical Commission. As a result, the Nellore Medical College was granted permission to start the MS (General Surgery) program with five seats and the MS (Orthopaedics) program with four seats starting this academic year.
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In 2022, the government medical college in Nellore also known as AC Subba Reddy Government Medical College applied to the National Medical Commission (NMC) seeking permission for 115 to 120 PG medical courses in both clinical and non-clinical specialties. The college sought NMC nod for two seats each in the non-clinical subjects including Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Micro Biology, Forensic Medicine, Bio-Chemistry, Pathology, and SPM (Social and Preventive Medicine).
