Starting trouble for new medical colleges in Telangana.

The Telangana government is progressing towards establishing at least one medical college in each of the 33 districts of the State.

In this direction, it is beginning the admission process in the nine new medical colleges in the State at Asifabad, Rajanna Sircilla, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Nirmal, Jangaon, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam and Vikarabad from this academic year.

While the establishment of these medical colleges is being hailed by all, there are concerns about the faculty appointment and the infrastructure development at these colleges.

As of date, seven of the nine medical colleges have received the letter of intent for 100 MBBS seats from the National Medical Commission. These medical colleges will be set up under the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) Warangal. The two colleges yet to receive the NMC nod are Karimnagar and Nirmal.

Dr B.N. Rao, President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Telangana State, says, “There are a few medical colleges which are yet to get approval from the NMC. The IMA is also planning to approach the NMC so that approval is given soon to them. Meanwhile, unless the infrastructure is completely established, the government should not begin running the colleges. Even before recruiting, the infrastructure has to be fulfilled. The IMA, which has a membership of 20,000 doctors in Telangana, is expecting the government to involve the IMA for suggestions on recruitment and infrastructure.”

THE HINDU