Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on October 14 said the number of medical colleges in the country has doubled in the past nine years and the government is building one critical care unit in every district in the nation.
Inaugurating a regional cancer centre at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here, he said that the number of MBBS seats in the country increased from 50,000 in 2014 to 1,07,000 now.
The Minister also inaugurated a new undergraduate medical college, a new building of a nursing college, eight modular operation theatres and other facilities.
