Mah govt mulls E-Library facility for med colleges

E-Library to help students to avail education references

PTI | October 20, 2010



Maharashtra Government is considering a plan to provide E-Library facilities in medical colleges in the state.

Minister of State for Medical Education Varsha Gaikwad said the E-Library will help students easily avail educational references.

There are presently 14 medical colleges, three dental and four nursing colleges in the state. Since June this year, a new course Bachelor of Paramedical Technology (BAPMT) has been introduced.

The minister said her department had increased the number of seats for post graduate courses from 500 to 700.

"Three more government medical colleges with admission capacity of 100 will come up at Alibaug in Raigad district, Mumbai and tribal belt of Nandurbar from the year 2011," she said.

Similarly, the Centre has chosen Nagpur, Pune and Kolhapur medical colleges to have trauma centres. These trauma centres will be set up at a cost of Rs 15 crore each. These colleges will also be upgraded with operation theatre, CT scan and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Gaikwad said.

"The state government has demanded funds to start medical colleges on the lines of Mumbai-based J J Hospital and Medical college in Nanded, Solapur, Latur, Akola and Yavatmal," she said. .

Gaikwad said the Centre had sanctioned a grant of Rs 120 crore for J J Hospital and college in Mumbai and another Rs 150 crore for the Nagpur Medical college for modernisation and upgradation, the process of which has begun.

The newly-constructed cancer hospital and research centre in Aurangabad will benefit patients in Marathwada and north Maharashtra, she said.

The minister also said that private sector also had made contributions to Cama Hospital and G T Hospital in Mumbai to set up CT scan and treatment of cancer in women and children.

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