Expert team inspects land for new medical college

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Press Trust of India Karaikal
Last Updated : Jan 23 2016 | 10:28 PM IST
An 11-member expert team, constituted by the Union Health Ministry, inspected the building and land allotted for the new medical college to be started as a branch of JIPMER here in academic year 2016-17.
The team, comprising R Satish Kumar, Under Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Dr MG Sridhar, Coordinator of JIPMER-Karaikal besides experts from various fields of medical education inspected the makeshift campus for holding classes.
A three-storey building, constructed originally for the Nursing College at Karaikal near the Karaikal GH, will serve as the makeshift campus of JIPMER-Karaikal.
District Collector E Vallavan said the team inspected the building and also the 78-acre land earmarked for construction of the permanent campus.
The Puducherry Government has planned to start a new medical college at Karaikal with Centre's assistance.
The new college is being formed as a branch of Puducherry's prestigious medical institution Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER).
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First Published: Jan 23 2016 | 10:28 PM IST

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