The Medical Council of India (MCI) has approved to increase Post Graduate seats in IGMC Shimla and Dr. RPGMC Tanda for the academic year 2017-18 pursuant to the revision of teacher-student ratio. A spokesperson of the State Health department said today that permission had been granted to increase total 39 seats in MD and MS courses including 31 in IGMC Shimla and 8 seats in Tanda medical college.
In IGMC, Shimla the seats in MD (General Medicine) has been increased from 9 to 13, in MS (General Surgery) from 12 to 15, in MS (Orthopedics) from 5 to 6, in MS (OBG) from 5 to 12, in MS (ENT) from 4 to 5, in MD (Radio-diagnosis) fro, 5 to 14, in MD (Anesthesiology) from 12 to 17 and in MD (Respiratory Medicine) from 2 to 3.
For Dr. RPGMC Tanda the seats for MD (Pediatrics) have been increased from 5 to 6, in MS (Orthopedics) from 3 to 6 and in MD (Anesthesiology) from 9 to 13.