BANGALORE: With 12.5 per cent of the population in Bangalore city prone to diabetes, the Government has decided to set up a Diabetology Centre on the premises of Victoria Hospital here, Minister for Medical Education V.S. Acharya has said.

Addressing a presspersons here on Thursday, he said the centre would cost Rs. 9 crore. A team would visit the Diabetology Centre in Chennai to study the requirements to set up such a centre here. The Finance Department had already cleared the proposal, he said.

Various studies had shown that anxiety, tension, unhealthy food habits and social and economic stress were major reasons for diabetes among people living in cities, Dr. Acharya said.

To mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, the Government had decided to set up a cathlab and a trauma centre at the institute in Hubli. The cathlab would be set up at a cost of Rs. 5 crore and the trauma centre at a cost of Rs. 20 crore. A guesthouse would also be constructed at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh to mark the occasion, he said.

To put an end to multiple tests and fee structures, the Government was planning to hold one entrance test for students seeking admission to government and private professional colleges (medical, dental and engineering) from next year, the Minister said.

The Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell would hold one entrance test for admissions to government and private colleges, he said.

In order to minimise inconvenience to students, the Common Entrance Test Cell would conduct the test and announce the rank list, Dr. Acharya said. Talks would be held soon with managements of private professional colleges to work out a formula to put an end to the confusion on admissions.

A uniform fee structure would be worked out for seats under the payment category, he said.

Counselling completed

The CET Cell had completed counselling for all professional courses this year. As many as 2,900 engineering seats, 500 dental and 3,000 nursing seats remained vacant, he said.

To attract qualified doctors to government medical colleges, a decision had been taken to increase the salary of lecturers, assistant professors and professors, Dr. Acharya said.

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