How much does it costs to setup a medical college
Chennai: with the state Government promising to set up a medical college in each of the 30 districts, the one question that has popped up is : How much does it costs to setup a medical college?
To start a medical college from scratch it needs around 150 crore, industry sources estimate. This includes the cost of land, setting up of hospital, staffing it, establishing teaching departments, and satisfying the infrastructure criteria prescribed by the Medical Council of India, the Tamil Nadu Government and the university.
As per the MCI guidelines, the minimum land requirement in a metro is five acres, and 25 acres in rural areas. The college should be attached to a 300-bedded hospital, up and running at the time of applying for recognition. The hospital should have five functional departments: medicine, surgery, Orthopedics, obstetrics and Gynecology and pediatrics.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
