Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said that his Government is committed to providing quality medical education to the younger generation in Chhatttisgarh.
The medical and health services in the State are being extended and the Government has also kept its promise as per the desire of the general public to open a Medical College in Raigarh, he said while speaking at a function after inaugurating the new Medical College at the district headquarters here. The Chief Minister said that the Government would move a proposal with the Medical Council of India (MCI) for raising the seat strength of the Medical College from 50 to 100. He said that Raigarh has crossed many development milestones due to active co-operation of the people in the district.
Apart from Agriculture, the district is also a front runner in industrial development, Singh said. The Chief Minister hoped that the new Medical College would make its mark in the medical education map of the country. The college complex in the district headquarters had been built at a cost of Rs 106.35 crore and had been named after late MP lakhiram Agrawal.