The Ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India has increased the number of Post Graduate (PG) seats in Government Medical College Haldwani. The college would now have 65 PG seats instead of 39. The ministry has taken this step after recommendation of the apex body of medical education of the country, the Medical Council of India (MCI). In the union budget this year the government had proposed to increase the number of PG seats in the medical colleges so that the number of specialist doctors is enhanced. In pursuance of it the government has made changes in the student teacher ratio for PG seats. Now three PG seat for every Professor and two seats for Associate Professor are approved by the government.
The medical education director, Dr Ashutosh Sayana said that the seats of General Medicine have been increased from 12 to three while general surgery would now have nine PG seats instead of four. The MD paediatrics of the college would have six seats instead of earlier two while MS Ophthalmology would have three seats instead of two. The MS ENT of the college can now admit four students while MD Anaesthesiology would have nine PG seats, an increase of two and five seats respectively. Dr Sayana said that the development is a positive thing for the state. The increase in the seats of PG courses of the college is applicable from the academic session 2017-18.