Centre to upgrade four medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Hyderabad: The Centre has approved upgrading of two government medical colleges each in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crore, of which the Centre will bear Rs 480 crore and the states will provide Rs 60 crore each.
A communication to this effect was sent by the ministry of health and family welfare to both governments.
The four medical colleges to be developed by the Centre are Siddh-artha Medical College in Vijayawada, Gover-nment Medical College, Anantapur, in AP, Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad, and Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal in Telangana state, to be upgraded at a cost of Rs 150 crore each.
The Centre will spend Rs 120 crore for project management, supervision and consultancy charges of each college and has asked the state governments to provide '30 crore for each college.
The Central government has asked both states to make a commitment to allocate '30 crore as its share towards capital expenditure for each institution, creation of posts and personnel for the posts, availability of free and unencumbered land to start construction of super specialty block, trauma centres and other upgrading facilities, availability of power connection of full required load, availability of water supply connection of full requirement, permission from statutory agencies, bodies whereever applicable, constituting a state-level review committee under the chairmanship of the chief
secretary.
The upgrading will be undertaken by the Centre through a Project Management and Supervision Consultant.
Centre asks AP government for masterplan. The Medical Council of India has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to send the masterplan for the improvement of the medical colleges in accordance to MCI standard. The state government has asked the MCI to sanction 100 medical seats for each college. But the MCI has sanctioned 50 seats stating that the government medical colleges lack the facilities to accommodate 100 seats.
After being pressurized by AP Medical and Health minister Kamineni Srinivas the MCI has asked the state government to send a masterplan with assurances to sanction 50 more seats to each medical college in the next academic year.
Naturopathy wing in Guntur Hospital
AP Medical and Health minister Kamineni Srinivas sanctioned a Naturopathy wing for Guntur General Hospital at a cost of Rs 7 crore. He said this is the long pending demand of the people of Guntur.
