Palamu: With the nod from National Medical Commission (NMC) for MBBS admissions at Laxmi Chandravanshi Medical College and Hospital (LCMCH), Jharkhand has been gifted with its first private medical college.
Bringing good news to the medical aspirants of the State, the institute has received the nod from NMC, the apex medical education regulatory body, for 100 MBBS seats.
had earlier reported that stalling the MBBS admission at Palamu, Dumka and Hazaribagh medical colleges in Jharkhand, NMC highlighted the deficit of faculty members, absence of libraries, and laboratory equipments.
Even last year also, these three medical colleges were barred by NMC for admitting students in the MBBS course and back then the Chief Minister Hemant Soren had written to NMC and requested the apex medical body to reconsider its decision. However, the commission hadn't budged and didn't allow fresh admission in the last session.
Recently, the Phulo Jhano Medical College in Dumka got permission to admit 100 students from this academic year.
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As per the latest media report by News 18, now the Palamu district of the State has got its first medical college as NMC has given approval for 100 MBBS seats at Laxmi Chandravanshi Medical College and Hospital located at Bishrampur in Palamu district of Jharkhand. The college, built by Bishrampur MLA and former Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi, is the first private medical college of the State.
Speaking to the daily regarding the NMC nod, the MLA of Bishrampur, Ramchandra Chandravanshi told the daily that having a medical college after his mother's name was his dream, which has finally come true. He further accused the Hemant Soren Government for not enrolling students in medical colleges located at Palamu, Dumka and Hazaribagh despite these colleges having full capacity for the same.
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