India News | 16 Districts in UP to Get New Medical Colleges: Adityanath
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said 16 districts in the state without any medical colleges will get new colleges through the PPP mode in the next six months.
Lucknow, Jul 24 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said 16 districts in the state without any medical colleges will get new colleges through the PPP mode in the next six months.
"After 70 years of Independence, there were 12 state medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. With the co-operation of the Centre and the state government using its own resources, in 2020-21, around 32 medical colleges were built or were given approval.
“In 16 districts, where there are no medical colleges, the state government is planning to establish medical colleges through the PPP mode in the next six months,” he said in Deoria during the inspection of Maharshi Devraha Baba Medical College.
The CM said in the coming future, all the 75 districts will have a medical college, the UP government said in a statement issued here.
In 2021-22, 14 new medical colleges are to be built, it added.
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