Mandi MP Pratibha Singh met Union labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola in New Delhi and requested him to start MBBS classes at ESI Medical College and Hospital Ner Chowk from academic year 2014-15.
She requested him to provide liberal funds for infrastructure development of Rs 1000 crore ESI Medical College and Hospital at Ner Chowk, Mandi. She also requested him to start admissions for 100 seats of MBBS course from next academic year and offered attachment of 300 bedded Zonal Hospital Mandi for clinical facilities till the construction work on ESI Medical College and Hospital is not completed.
She told that the State Government is willing to sign Memorandum of Understanding with Union Ministry on this issue under which the ESI Medical College and Hospital can utilize all the equipments, machinery, manpower and infrastructure of Zonal Hospital Mandi for academic purpose for facilitating the study of medical students till such facilities are not created in ESI Medical College and Hospital at Ner Chowk.