Guwahati: Finance minister Ajanta Neog has proposed a large facelift for healthcare, which incorporates reservation of seats in MBBS course within the state’s medical faculties from the state quota for NRI and Assamese diaspora college students on cost of “reasonable fees”.
She stated in her speech, “Despite the increase in graduate medical seats to 1,500 in Assam, it is seen that the NRI and Assamese diaspora is not able to take advantage of the state quota due to certain restrictions. It is therefore proposed some seats will be reserved for them in the state quota on payment of reasonable fees. This will also add to the revenue of the college society and make them financially more sustainable.”
Apart from MBBS seats, PG (MD/MS) seats have additionally been elevated significantly (722 seats for PG course and 46 seats for DM/MCh in numerous tremendous specialty disciplines), she stated.
Neog proposed some new interventions with the intention to present reasonably priced and accessible healthcare service for all, which embody 1,000 new ambulances to the hospitals, organising of 9 new BSc nursing faculties within the medical faculties at Diphu, Jorhat, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
“Thriving for Excellence in Healthcare” to make the state the well being hub of the northeast by 2026, Neog stated with the intention to increase healthcare amenities together with medical training, the federal government has determined to begin functioning of three extra new medical faculties at Kokrajhar, Nalbari and Nagaon from the subsequent educational session — 2023 — whereas 4 different new medical faculties are arising at Tinsukia, Charaideo, Biswanath and Kamrup (Metro) district.
“In addition to these, construction of another eight new medical colleges at Karimganj, Goalpara, Tamulpur, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Golaghat and Sivasagar have been taken up by the government,” she stated.
She added that institution of superspeciality wing at present six medical faculties and infrastructure enchancment of six district hospitals and Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati have been taken up.
She stated in her speech, “Despite the increase in graduate medical seats to 1,500 in Assam, it is seen that the NRI and Assamese diaspora is not able to take advantage of the state quota due to certain restrictions. It is therefore proposed some seats will be reserved for them in the state quota on payment of reasonable fees. This will also add to the revenue of the college society and make them financially more sustainable.”
Apart from MBBS seats, PG (MD/MS) seats have additionally been elevated significantly (722 seats for PG course and 46 seats for DM/MCh in numerous tremendous specialty disciplines), she stated.
Neog proposed some new interventions with the intention to present reasonably priced and accessible healthcare service for all, which embody 1,000 new ambulances to the hospitals, organising of 9 new BSc nursing faculties within the medical faculties at Diphu, Jorhat, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
“Thriving for Excellence in Healthcare” to make the state the well being hub of the northeast by 2026, Neog stated with the intention to increase healthcare amenities together with medical training, the federal government has determined to begin functioning of three extra new medical faculties at Kokrajhar, Nalbari and Nagaon from the subsequent educational session — 2023 — whereas 4 different new medical faculties are arising at Tinsukia, Charaideo, Biswanath and Kamrup (Metro) district.
“In addition to these, construction of another eight new medical colleges at Karimganj, Goalpara, Tamulpur, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Golaghat and Sivasagar have been taken up by the government,” she stated.
She added that institution of superspeciality wing at present six medical faculties and infrastructure enchancment of six district hospitals and Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati have been taken up.
