Telangana to get 9 new medical colleges this mth

Hyderabad Nine new government medical colleges are set to be opened in Telangana this month. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will virtually inaugurate these medical colleges from Hyderabad on September 15.

The number of government medical colleges in the state will reach 34 with the establishment of eight more colleges next year. Thus Telangana will become the only state in the country to have one government medical college in every district, officials.

In July, the state government issued orders for setting up eight new government medical colleges in the state. Each of these colleges and government general hospitals will have an intake capacity of 100 MBBS seats.

The colleges will come up at Maheshwaram in Rangareddy district, Yadadri in Yadadri Bhongir district, Medak in Medak district, Narsampet in Warangal district, Mulugu in Mulugu district, Narayanpet in Narayanpet district, Gadwal in Jogulamba Gadwal district and Qutbullapur in Medchal Malkajgiri district.