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4 new med colleges may start from next session in Jaipur, Health News, ET HealthWorld

4 new med colleges may start from next session in Jaipur, Health News, ET HealthWorld

4 new med colleges may start from next session in JaipurJaipur: Aiming to make medical education more accessible, medical education minister Raghu Sharma on Thursday directed the officials to ensure that four new medical colleges in Sriganganagar, Chittorgarh, Sirohi and Dholpur will start from new academic sessions.

Sharma said that out of those 16 medical colleges approved by the Centre in the state, the construction work in four of them has already been started and they are targeting to start it from the upcoming academic session.

While reviewing rest of the 12 approved medical colleges in the state at a meeting organised by Rajasthan Medical Education Society on Thursday, Sharma directed the officials to complete the construction work in 12 approved medical colleges in next 15 months.

“No compromise will be made in quality of work in medical colleges. Only after assuring that the firms have done quality work, payments will be made,” said Sharma, while directing the officials to regularly monitor progress of the work of the companies on monthly basis by giving monthly targets to the companies.

Out of the 12 new medical colleges, the work of three medical colleges in Dausa, Hanumangarh and Banswara will start from October 2, while in Nagaur, Tonk and Karauli, it will start from October 10. Work for rest of the six medical colleges in Jaisalmer, Sawai Madhopur, Alwar, Baran, Bundi and Jhunjhunu is yet to start.

Aiming to give pace to the construction work, directions have been issued to the companies to work in two and if needed in three shifts.

Besides, the already existing medical colleges in Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Barmer and Sikar will be expanded.

For ensuring quality work, the health department will constitute a team of experts which will visit medical colleges in other states which will conduct a study to get benefited the proposed medical colleges using modern technology.

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