Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the number of seats in MBBS course had gone up to 4,000 in the State. This was effected after addition of 100 seats in Purulia Government MedicalCollege and Gouri Devi Medical College.
Banerjee tweeted, “I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000MBBS seats for Bengal's vibrant medical students with the initiationof the first MBBS batch in Purulia Government MCH consisting of 100seats and the addition of 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi MedicalCollege.”
The announcement comes within days of the NEET result being declared.