161 New PG Medical Seats Sanctioned in 11 AP Colleges
11 government medical colleges receive approval across 15 specialities for 2026–27.
Vijayawada: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has sanctioned 161 additional postgraduate medical seats in 11 government medical colleges across Andhra Pradesh for the 2026–27 academic year. The approvals cover 15 specialities.
The colleges had submitted requests for 163 seats, of which the NMC sanctioned 161 - an approval rate of 98.77 per cent.
The state government said it had taken various steps to meet the NMC norms, including the recruitment of teaching staff, increasing bed strength, and providing medical equipment and infrastructure.
Orthopaedics received the highest number of seats at 27. The dermatology, venereology and leprosy (DVL), ENT and pathology segments have been sanctioned 16 seats each, while radio-diagnosis received 14. Paediatrics and general surgery secured 12 seats each.
The disciplines like general medicine, anaesthesiology, ophthalmology and respiratory medicine received eight seats each. Four seats each were sanctioned for emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry and radiation oncology.
The additional seats in emergency medicine, respiratory medicine, psychiatry and radiation oncology are expected to strengthen the availability of specialists in emergency care, respiratory diseases, mental healthcare and cancer treatment.
Director of medical education, Dr Vishnu Vardhan, said steps would be taken to fill the 161 seats through counselling for postgraduate admissions for the 2026–27 academic year.
In the previous academic year, proposals were submitted for 150 postgraduate medical seats from 13 government medical colleges. After scrutiny, the NMC sanctioned 142 seats.
