Vijayawada: Postgraduate medical education in the state received a major boost with the addition of 106 new PG medical seats in government medical colleges. Health minister Y Satya Kumar Yadav said in a statement on Saturday that the National Medical Commission (NMC) had approved these additional seats in various broad specialty courses, including General Medicine, Gynaecology, and other disciplines.

Of the newly-sanctioned seats, 60 have been allotted to five new government medical colleges and 46 to existing ones. With this, the total number of PG broad specialty seats in government colleges has risen to 1,763, in addition to four diploma courses currently offered.

The state government had earlier sought NMC’s approval for additional PG seats by submitting college-wise applications. F

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