The Telangana government has released orders for setting up eight new government medical colleges in the state. This decision will make Telangana the only state in the country to have a government medical college in each district, an official press release read.
The medical colleges, which will offer 100 MBBS seats each from the next academic year, will be set up at Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet, Mulugu, Warangal, Medak, Yadadri Bhongiri, Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts.
The establishment of new government medical colleges has significantly increased the number of MBBS seats in the state (under government institutions). The state had only 850 seats in government colleges in 2014 when it was formed.
In the last eight years, the number of total MBBS seats have surged to 3,790. The eight newly-sanctioned medical colleges will contribute an additional 800 seats, taking the total number to 4,590 seats in government medical colleges across all the 33 districts of the state, the press release said.