In a major milestone towards imparting quality medical education to students across the State, the Punjab Government will soon operationalize Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, Mohali.
“Punjab Government has been consistently making endeavours to develop the State into a hub of medical education. Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of National Medical Commission (NMC) had, after examining the Commission Assessor’s report, granted the Letter of Permission (LoP) for starting regular classes at Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences affiliated under Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot,” said the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday.
Pointing out further, Channi said that NMC’s decision to allocate 100 seats to the Institute will go a long way in ensuring quality medical education and research to the students besides providing best healthcare facilities at affordable rates to the people in the region. The Chief Minister said that the process of recruiting the required staff for the Institute is already underway. “The state-of-the-art medical institution is already equipped with all infrastructural requirements in terms of buildings, equipment, and hospital facilities as per National Medical Commission norms. Adequate budgetary requirements for the Institute, as and when desired by the Commission, will also be made by the State Government,” he said.