
Coimbatore Medical College gets 50 more seats: Health Minister
The Hindu
With this, the total number of UG seats in govt. institutions in T.N. touches 9,150
Another 50 MBBS seats were approved for the Coimbatore Medical College, taking the total number of undergraduate medical seats in the government institutions in Tamil Nadu to 9,150, according to Health Minister Ma. Subramanian.
“The college was started in 1966 with 50 medical seats. Another 50 seats were added in 1968, taking the total intake to 100. In 2004, another 50 seats were approved. After the DMK was elected to power, we sought approval for increase in seats with the Union Health Ministry following which 50 additional seats have been approved for the college,” he told reporters on Friday.
Already, a total of 1,450 seats were permitted in the 11 new government medical colleges in the State.