
NMC approves 100 seats for new medical college in Odisha's Keonjhar District
India Today
The new medical college will promote medical education in tribal regions, the official said.
As per an official, the National Medical Commission has approved 100 MBBS seats for the new government medical college in Odisha's Keonjhar district. The college which will be promotional soon will promote medical education in the tribal regions, the official further added.
On Tuesday, NMC wrote a letter to the college dean, informing that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board has approved 100 seats for the health institute, which will function under the aegis of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada.
This is the second health institute in the state to get approval from the NMC in the past few days, with Sundargarh Medical College having received one last week.
(With PTI inputs)

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