MBBS positions in West Bengal medical schools increased to 4,000 | Photo Credit: Representative Image
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today that the number of places in the MBBS course has been increased to 4,000 in state medical colleges following the addition of 250 places. The CM had previously insisted on the idea of increasing the number of medical places in the state.
Mamata Banerjee used her Twitter account to inform students of the increased seats. “I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal’s vibrant medical students with the start of the first MBBS batch at Purulia Govt MCH consisting of 100 seats and the addition of 150 MBBS seats at Gouri Devi Medical College,” he said. .
In 2019, Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya informed “the assembly that the number of MBBS seats in West Bengal was 1,355 when the Trinamool congressional government came to power in the state in 2011.” Read also | 2020 NEET Counseling Dates to be Announced by MCC, DGHS – Important Instructions
Candidates who have qualified for the 2020 NEET exam with the required minimum percentile would be eligible to participate in the counseling round. DGHS has been entrusted with conducting NEET counseling in 2020 for 15% of total admissions seats from all government universities (except Jammu and Kashmir State Universities) for All India quota candidates .
The Directorate General for Health Services, DGHS, on behalf of the Medical Advisory Committee, will soon publish the 2020 NEET Orientation dates on the official website, mcc.nic.in. The full advisory program for granting admission to the MBBS / BDS course would be available on the official MCC site.
