PM Modi to inaugurate 9 new medical colleges in UP on July 9; to give new dimension to state?s healthcare facility

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate nine medical colleges in nine districts of Uttar Pradesh on July 9.The new medical colleges are coming up in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh and Sidharthnagar districts.

Officials in the medical education department said that four additional medical colleges would get functional by the end of the year.

“It is a belief of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that every district should have a medical college. In the state with the highest population, there were only 12 medical colleges till 2017 and now the number under the present government has increased to 48 so far. Construction work of 13 more medical colleges is going on at a great pace. The government has already recruited around 70 per cent faculty of the new medical colleges. (The) appointment process of over 450 faculty members in these colleges is going on. CM has directed the authorities concerned to ensure full transparency in the recruitment process,” the statement read.

“There were just 12 medical colleges in UP till March 2017. But the BJP government announced to raise more medical colleges and ensure that people of the state do not have to travel to other states for treatment,” a spokesperson said