Telangana CM KCR to Inaugurate Nine Additional Medical Colleges on September 15; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, is set to inaugurate nine additional medical colleges on September 15, 2023. The health minister instructed collectors during a video conference to inspect the basic amenities and prepare and coordinate all necessary arrangements at the nine medical colleges.

About 43 percent of MBBS seats added in government medical colleges in India are from Telangana. Earlier the health minister said that 2,118 additional MBBS seats were added in Indian government medical colleges for the 2023-24 academic year, 900 are for Telangana. 

There will be eight new Medical Colleges in Telangana that will be set up at Yadadri in Yadadri Bhongir district, Medak in Medak district, Maheshwaram in Rangareddy district, Narsampet in Warangal district, Mulugu in Mulugu district, Narayanpet in Narayanpet district, Gadwal in Jogulamba Gadwal district, and Qutbullapur in Medchal Malkajgiri district.

CM also directed the officers to establish the newly sanctioned 24 urban health centers and 40 rural health centers in private buildings and commence the operations. Similarly, the operations at Basti Dawakhanas, which have not yet begun, should also be initiated, he mentioned. 

A total of 8,515 MBBS seats are currently available in the State. In 26 government medical colleges, there are 3,915 MBBS medical seats available and 4,600 seats are available in 28 private medical colleges in Telangana.

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