PM Modi to e-launch 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

PM Modi to e-launch 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

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Category : National Published on: January 12 2022

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  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
  • The new medical colleges are being established under the ‘Centrally Sponsored scheme’ of Establishing of New Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospital.
  • Under the scheme, medical colleges are established in districts, which do not have either a government or private medical college.
  • The 11 medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of ₹4,000 crores with efforts from both the Centre and Tamil Nadu government.
  • The 11 new medical colleges will be established in 11 districts of Tamil Nadu (Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram, and Krishnagiri).
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