Siddipet, the hometown of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will soon have a medical college of its own. The Medical Council of India, whos officials have visited the State to study the availability of facilities for medical colleges has sent a recommendation to the Centre for granting permission to set up a medical college in Siddipet, 100 kms away from Hyderabad.
The MCI was also likely to grant its nod to continue 150 seats in medical college in Mahbubnagar and 100 seats in Nizamabad medical college.
According to an official press release the setting up a medical college at Siddipet had become possible because of the special interest of the Chief Minister who was actively pursuing it since the formation of Telangana State.
It was only a matter of formality now that the centre accords permission for starting the medical college at Siddipet after the MCI made the recommendation under section 10A of the Indian Medical Council Act of 1956, the press release said.
Thanking the Chief Minister for getting the MCI clearance, the State Health Minister C laxma Reddy hoped that the Government would succeed in its efforts to get medical colleges sanctioned for Nalgonda and Suryapet districts.