Kolkata: The West Bengal government has
decided to admit an additional 695 students in its medical
colleges and would improve their infrastructure accordingly,
Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra said today.
Replying to questions in the Assembly, Mishra said as per
a central directive, the admissions would be given in existing
medical colleges.
He said accommodation of the additional students would
require construction of additional classrooms and hostels,
besides bringing in more teachers.
While the Centre will part-fund the infrastructure
expansion, the state will have to bear the major part of the
expenses, he said.
Pointing out that the state needed 19 medical colleges
against its present strength of nine, he said a College of
Medicine would become operational from this year at Kalyani
in Nadia district.
PTI
