UP to Add 1,007 more PG Medical Seats
Lucknow: In major news for students intending to use PG medical courses in Uttar Pradesh, 1,007 postgraduate medical (MD, MS) seats will be increased in the medical institutions of the state.
After the increase of these seats, the total number of postgraduate medical seats in the state will reach 5,035.
Presently, in state medical institutions and medical colleges, there are a total of 4,028 postgraduate medical seats. Of these, 1,906 seats are in 44 government medical institutions, while 2,122 seats are in 36 private medical institutions and colleges.
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According to a recent media report in Jagran, medical institutions and medical colleges will have to apply to increase these seats.
Medical institutions and medical colleges will be able to apply to increase seats equal to the number of students deployed in district hospitals and other hospitals under the District Residency Program.
Under the District Residency Program, 25% of the total students studying in the state's medical colleges are to be deployed in district hospitals and other similar-level hospitals for three months each.
Due to the continuous deployment of such a number of students in district hospitals for three months, the number of students in medical colleges remains lower than the sanctioned seats at all times. Considering this, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has made a provision that medical colleges can apply for an increase in seats equal to the number of students deployed under the District Residency Program.
On this matter, Parthasarathi Sen Sharma, Principal Secretary of Health and Medical Education Department, has instructed the Director General of Medical Education and Training to get applications submitted from institutions and colleges for the increase of postgraduate medical seats.
On Thursday, the Director General of Medical Education issued letters to the medical institutions and medical colleges offering postgraduate studies for this purpose.
Letters have also been sent to the directors of SGPGI Lucknow, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, PGICS Noida, Mental Health Center Agra, and Regional Eye Institute Sitapur, as well as the principals of government medical colleges in Kanpur, Agra, Prayagraj, Meerut, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Banda, Jalaun, and Saharanpur, reports Jagran.
