SRINAGAR: The intake capacity of Government Medical Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir has been increased from 100 to 150 and that of SKIMS Medical College, Bemina from 50 to 100.
The Centre accepted the proposal of the state Government and the addition of seats would be applicable from this year’s academic session, an official spokesman said.
“The hike in the intake capacity of these colleges had become necessary as the State is facing a shortage of qualified medicos due to the expansion of health infrastructure, more so in rural and hilly areas. Also the intake capacity of the GMCs was fixed some 40 years ago after which it was never reviewed.”
Minister for Medical Education, Taj Mohi ud Din, immediately after taking over, had proposed to increase the seats in medical colleges of the state to meet the demand of qualified medicos, the spokesman said.
Medical faculty of both the GMCs, including some retired senior doctors, students of these colleges and aspirants and medical fraternity in general have hailed this increase.
