Govt. Medical College Mahabubnagr

 Government Medical College : Mahabubnagar

The Telangana State will be getting an additional 150 medical seats in the coming academic year itself with the Medical Council of India (MCI) granting permission to start the new Government Medical College and Teaching Hospital at Mahabubnagar.

According to the information given by Health Minister K. Laxma Reddy’s office here on Wednesday night, it would be the sixth medical college by the Government in the State and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would be soon laying the foundation stone for the college.

Terming it the State Formation Day to people of Telangana, Mr. Reddy said it was possible only because of the untiring efforts made by the Chief Minister with the Central Government and the MCI to get the requisite permissions.

With this the total number of seats would increase to 1000 from the current 850 seats.

Government medical colleges are currently at Hyderabad – Gandhi and Osmania, Warangal’s Kakatiya, Adilabad and Nizamabad.

The new college coming up in the backward district of Mahabubnagar would give a fillip to medicare to people of the district as a super speciality hospital too would be coming up, the Minister said.

A few hundred jobs too would be generated in the medical, para-medical and other related fields on the account of the new medical college, he said.

 With the Telagnana state government approving two government medical colleges to be set up in Mahabubnagar and Hyderabad, the number of medical seats will rise from the present count of 2950 to 3800 from next academic year. This has given a new hope to lakhs of students who are aspiring to pursue a career in medicine in the state.

“The demand for medicine is very high in Telangana. With lakhs of students appearing from Eamcet, only few hundred among them qualify to bag admissions in to MBBS in government medical colleges. With new medical colleges, it has really given hope for the aspirants to pursue medicine,” said Dr. Bhasker, anesthesia specialists, at Rose Well hospital in Hyderabad. 

According to sources in the health ministry, as many as 850 medical seats are going to be increased both in private and government medical colleges. Of which government medical college in Mahabubnagar will constitute 150 MBBS seats while the upcoming government medical college at Erragadda in Hyderabad will have 100 MBBS seats to the total count. The remaining 600 seats will be added to various private medical colleges existing in the state.

The 600 new medical seats will be allocated to 6 private medical colleges. While all the seats in government colleges will be offered under merit quota, in the private colleges, 50 per cent seats will be available under merit quota, 35 per cent under management quota and 15 under NRI quota.

With the steep rise in medical seats, the aspirants of MBBS are quite happy and eagerly waiting for the next academic year to begin. “After bifurcation, Telangana state was left with only a few medical seats, while the major chunk of Medical colleges remained with Andhra Pradesh, the demand for medical seats in TS grew many folds. However, the state government’s initiatives have given us a hope for aspirants like me to become doctors,” said Priyanka, a Biology students aspiring for higher education in Medicine.

Among the 6 private colleges, Ayaan Institute of Medical Sciences at Moinabad in Ranga Reddy district will get 150 seats, Mahavir Institute of Medical Science at Vikara-bad will get 150 MBBS seats, TRR Institute of Medical Sciences and Maheshwara Medical College at Patancheru had been approved with 150 medical seats each.

In Medak district, the RVM Institute of Medical Sciences at Mulugu and Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences at Siddipet have been approved 150 MBBs seats each in the district. Currently Telangana state has five medical colleges running under government with an intake of 850 MBBS seats. With the addition of 250 more the count will raise to 1100 MBBS seats in government sector. There are 15 private medical colleges with an overall intake of 2,100 seats but now with the enhancement of 600 more seats, the count in private colleges will rise to 2700 seats.
Telangana Government with GO 95 on 17 November 2015 have issued Essentiality Certificate for establishment of a new Government Medical College at Yedira(Village) ,Mahabubnagar (Mandal & Dist).

Director of Medical Education, Hyderabad has furnished the project report for the establishment of new Government Medical College at Yedira (V), Mahabubnagar (Mandal & Dist) with an estimated cost of Rs.450.00crores. The project consists of Civil works, Equipment and Furniture and requested to issue necessary orders in the matter.

3. After careful examination of the proposal, Government hereby accord Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.450.00 crores (Four Hundred and fixty Crores only) for construction of new Government Medical College at Yedira (Village), Mahabubnagar (Mandal& Dist)

4. The Director of Medical Education, T.S., Hyderabad/ Managing Director, Telangana State Medical Services Infrastructure Development Corporation, Hyderabad shall take further action in the matter accordingly.

5. The expenditure sanctioned in para 3 above shall be debited to the following Head of Account:-

4210 Capital outlay on Medical & Health 03 Medical Education, Training and Research 105 Allopathy
11 Normal State Plan SH (21) Construction of Medical Buildings 530 Major works

6. This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide their No.387/A1/EBS.V/2015, dt. 17-11-2015.

Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department – Director of Medical Education – Construction of New Government Medical College at Yedira(V), Mahabubnagar (Mandal &District) with an estimated cost of Rs.450.00 crores – Administrative Sanction – Orders – Issued.  HEALTH, MEDICAL & FAMILY WELFARE (C1) DEPARTMENT G.O.MS.No. 95 Dated: 17/11/2015