CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Monday accorded approval for creating 25 additional seats each in the government medical colleges (GMCs) of Patiala and Faridkot.
Punjab has 12 medical colleges - four government, six privates, one under PPP mode and one Centre-run. All of them put together have just 1,750 MBBS seats - 800 in government and 950 in private colleges.