Bhumipujan -inauguration of medical colleges take place in Surat

Surat: The Bhumipujan of Kiran medical college to be built at Vadod in Olpad taluka, took place at DD sports complex in Variyav at the hands of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, in the presence of CM Bhupendra Patel.

The Bhumipujan of Kiran medical college to be built at a cost of Rs 300 crore by Samast Patidar Aarogya Trust, was performed by UP Governor Anandiben Patel, in the presence of CM Bhupendra Patel. The campus of the 150-seat medical college will be spread across 65000 vaar which will have facilities for 1000 doctors along with the MBBS and PG courses. The land is donated by Kiran Gems owner Vallabhbhai Lakhani family.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya dedicated the government medical college built at a cost of Rs 70 crore at the campus of the new civil hospital of Surat city.

The building of the new medical college at the new civil hospital campus in Surat will be built in two phases from the central government’s Rs 120 crore grant. In the first phase, the new building is built at Rs 70.18 crore in 33,963 square meters. It has 5 floors, parking facility, administrative block, 3 exam halls with 750-students capacity, and 4 lecture halls with 300-students capacity.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on this occasion that the number of medical colleges in the country was 327 in 2014, which has been increased to 596 today. The seats of MBBS are increased to 92000 from 52000, which will reach 1 lakh this year, he added. The state health minister Rushikesh Patel said that the government is working to build a medical college in each district in the state. DeshGujarat