Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 13 2010:
The Medical Council of India has given green signal to the establishment of Medical College at Imphal by Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Porompat from the academic session 2010-11 .
The Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India in its Letter of Indane (LOI) has recommended 100 seats for the academic year 2010-11 in response to the requests received for establishment of the new medical colleges / renewal of permission for starting / increase of seats in respect of the following Institutions wher�e assessment was carried out in the month of June 2010 by the Council's Assessors, an official source said.
Mention may be made that Manipur government has been pressing the MCI for granting permission for establishment of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Porompat for last around three year.
MCI team had also inspected the infrastructure developing at JNIMS which the development works is being monitored by a Cabinet Committee.
Recently, state cabinet has approved to transfer all matters relating to JNIMS including budgeting, manpower, etc.
which would be routed through the Finance Committee for approval of JNIMS executive council considering the shortage of manpower required for the medical hospital.