100 New Colleges In The Next 5 Years By Upgrading Dist Hospitals

The Union Hea💟lth Ministry has drawn a proposal to set up 100 new medical colleges by 2027 by upgrading district hospitals under the fourth phase of a scheme that aims to boost the availability of human resources for the health sector.

T⛎he colleges will be set up under the centrally sponsored scheme for the "establishment o♛f new medical colleges by upgrading district or referral hospitals"; at an estimated cost of Rs 325 crore per college based on central and state share of 60:40, official sources told PTI.

The fun🅷ding pattern for the northeastern and particul��ar category states is in the ratio of 90:10 between the Centre and the state.

The Department ♌of Expenditure has approved the proposal of the Health Ministry, and a cabinet n♔ote in this regard has already been drafted, official sources said.

In the last three phases, 157 medical colleges were approved, 𒉰and 93 of them have become functiona🐬l while others are at different stages of construction.

Th🔴ese proposed 100 medical colleges will be set up in 100 🌠districts with a population of more than 10 lakhs and no private or government medical colleges.

"The proposal to set up 100 medic𒁏al colleges by upgrading district hospitals in the fourth phase of the scheme ha🌜s been approved by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), after which a Cabinet note has been prepared," an official source said.

Further, the source added that the centrally sponsored scheme has a new component of providing Rs 10 crore each for setting up of nursing colleges attached to the existing 157 medical colleges already approved in the ꧑first three phases.

But this will require amendment in the existing minimum standard requirement regulations of the NMC in which such attachment of medical and nursing🍒 colleges is not allowed.ꩲ