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“Rs 1,200 crore for improving facilities in medical colleges”

Special Correspondent

40 doctors will be appointed to Villupuram medical college soon: Subburaj

“No incidence of swine flu cases in State”
College built at a cost of Rs 115 crore: Collector

VILLUPURAM: The Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned a sum of Rs 1,200 crore for the current financial year (2010—11) for improving infrastructure in the new as well as the existing government medical colleges, according to S.K.Subburaj, Principal Secretary, Health Department.

He was addressing the first batch of students for whom the classes M.B.B.S. course started in the Villupuram government medical college here on Monday.

Mr. Subburaj said that the government had obtained 300 seats for postgraduate medical courses for the current academic year.

He further said that the Villupuram medical college had an intake of 100 students, of whom 80 (including 41 girls and 39 boys) had been selected through the Tamil Nadu counselling and the remaining 20 would be selected through national-level counselling.

In course of time the student intake as well as infrastructure in the college would be enhanced.

The hospital was now provided with equipment worth Rs 1.25 crore. Mr Subburaj stated that in a couple of months 40 doctors and 1,000 employees would be appointed to the medical college.

The tuition fees for the medical course in the government college was only Rs 10,660 whereas in private medical colleges it was around Rs 4 lakh. Hence, the candidates should utilise the opportunity to study the medical course well and come out with flying colours.

Quoting statistics Mr Subburaj said that of the total population of 117 crore in India seven crore were found to be diabetics, six crore afflicted with heart problems and one crore with kidney ailments.

Menace of quacks

Day by day the number of patients was on the rise whereas there was no corresponding increase in the number of doctors. Exploiting the situation, quacks had come up in the rural and semi-urban areas. However, through effective measures such a menace was kept in check.

Mr. Subburaj said that there was no incidence of swine flu cases in the State and what was reported at Kanyakumar was the seasonal ailments and yet the government had initiated appropriate preventive measures.

He pointed out that there were about 500 engineering colleges in the State but far less number of medical colleges. It would require an investment of at least Rs 150 crore for setting up a medical college, Mr Subburaj added.

District Collector R.Palanisamy said that the Villupuram medical college had been built at a cost of Rs 115 crore by overcoming opposition and litigation. Director of Medical Education S.Vinayagam, Principal Thenmozhi Valli and Medical Superintendent K.Thiagarajan participated.

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