MLNMC Plans to Add 41 Seats in PG Courses; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Moti Lal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC), Prayagraj is all set to witness a hike of 41 seats in the postgraduate courses offered by nine of its departments shortly.

The nine departments in which the MLNMC seeks to increase seats include medicine, surgery, transfusion medicine, microbiology, TB,l and chest, ophthalmology, radiology, radiotherapy, dermatology departments.

The college sent a proposal to the state government in this regard, which has also been granted approval, and already a team of National Medical Commission (NMC), New Delhi, has completed a formal inspection of four of the departments on MLNMC premises.

According to the MLNMC officials, the apex medical education regulatory body (NMC) has assessed the college's facilities and resources including faculty members. However, another NMC team would be visiting the campus for the inspection of the other remaining departments in the near future.

The report of the committee would be submitted to the NMC for the final go-ahead following which the addition of the seats would take place.

At present, the college has a total of 138 post-graduate seats and after the hike in the seats, the count would rise to 179 seats. Admissions to the new seats would then take place in December 2022/January 2023 counselling if everything goes as per plan, the MLNMC official said.

Following the proposal to hike the count of seats in different PG courses offered by various departments, the NMC team has inspected the MLN Medical College.

Speaking about the NMC's inspection, Prof SP Singh, principal, MLN Medical College, said that the NMC's response to the four departments has been good. So, it is expected that formal permission would soon be coming regarding the hike in the postgraduate seats.

Earlier, 28 seats in 2020 and 7 in 2021 were increased following a green signal from the state government and the regulatory body (NMC).

Identifying the requirement of improving upon its resources for the hike in PG seats it is desiring, the MLNMC administration has sent a proposal to the state government for approval of funds worth ₹54.50 crore around a fortnight back.

The funds sought, include a whopping amount of ₹18.36 crore for the construction of teachers’ residences, a total of ₹13.88 crore for the construction of 275 bedded Bachelor PG Hostel, around ₹1.40 crore for the construction of a new mental diseases ward, ₹1.42 crore for construction of lecture theatre and seminar hall in- MD Eye Hospital, ₹1.56 crore for construction of lecture theatre and seminar hall over blood bank, and ₹3.38 crore for upgradation and expansion of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry department building.

Further, the funds sought a total of ₹1.68 crore for up-gradation of the museum, library, lecture hall and seminar hall in Social and Preventive Medicine department, ₹3.45 crore for construction of ward and rooms above ward number 15 and 16, almost ₹6.46 crore for construction of 107 bedded Bachelor PG hostel, nearly ₹1.45 crore for expansion of student section located at Principal’s office and ₹1.41 crore for upgradation of SRN Hospital’s Lecture theatre.

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