Wait for Mohali medical college gets longer

Sanjay Bumbroo

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 24

In a big blow to MBBS aspirants of Punjab, the state government has failed to start the Government Medical College in Mohali this year also. The college, named after Dr BR Ambedkar, couldn’t get the Letter of Permission (LOP) from the National Medical Commission (NMC), evidently, owing to the non-fulfilment of the conditions.

The college was announced in 2012. The state has been able to start three government medical colleges — the GMC, Patiala; the GMC, Amritsar; and the GGS, Faridkot. No new government medical college has been set up in the state since 1973 when the Faridkot college came into existence.

The government has not been able to fulfil the faculty requirements. Besides, the college is said to have been bereft of proper infrastructure.

Dr Manjit Kaur Mohi, Director Principal, BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, said 29 faculty members had been recruited for the college, including faculty on deputation. She said: “We have started the recruitment process and 29 faculty members have already joined. The process will continue until we get the faculty required.”

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