Rs 50 Crore sanctioned to Upgrade TN Medical College Hostels
Tamil Nadu- In a recent development, the Tamil Nadu government is soon going to upgrade hostel buildings attached to medical colleges like Madras Medical College, Kilpauk, Stanley, Madurai and Coimbatore at a cost of Rs 50 crore.
On this, the state health department has given administrative approval for repair of hostel rooms, damaged floors, CCTV camera upgradation and construction of a new centralised kitchen. Apart from this, some hostels have also received an allocation of up to Rs 5 crore.
In addition, institutions like Erode, Karur and Thanjavur will also be provided funds for painting, new flooring and upgrading of recreation areas. The old women's hostel of Chengalpet Government College will be demolished and rebuilt with provision of four beds in each room. A new toilet for the disabled will be constructed in the MMC hostel.
The work will begin within a month. Speaking to the TOI in this regard, additional director of medical education Dr E Theranirajan said, "In the city hostels, we are renovating rooms for undergraduate students. Old rooms and common entrance areas will also be renovated with better lighting, painting and tiling of walls."
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Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Medical education in Tamil Nadu is set to get costlier as the MBBS fees in the self-financing medical colleges have been revised from academic year 2025. The fee fixation committee has fixed the MBBS fee for management quota seats at the self-financing medical colleges at Rs 15 lakh per year- a hike of Rs 1.5 lakh.
According to the revised fee structure released by the TN Directorate of Medical Education, the MBBS fees for the NRI quota seats will also get hiked by Rs 2.5 lakh as now the MBBS fees at the NRI quota seats have been fixed at Rs 27 lakh per annum.
