More medical colleges in the State will find its place in the national ranking soon, Health Minister Veena George has said.
Inaugurating a new women’s hostel at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), here on March 11 (Monday), she said that all medical colleges in the State are being equipped with new facilities and upgraded as part of Aardram Mission.
Efforts are on to launch facilities for robotic surgery at the MCH, for which ₹29 crore has been set aside in the State budget, as well as establish new departments of critical care, genetics, geriatrics, interventional radiology and rheumatology, the Minister said. For the first time, the Thiruvananthapuram MCH and the Dental College found a place in the national ranking. More medical colleges would soon follow suit, she said.
