Pathbreaking achievement

From merely five medical colleges prior to its formation, Telangana has come a long way in establishing one in each district of the state

- VANAM JWALA NARASIMHA RAO

Telangana state, the newest in the country, is marching ahead towards creating a record of sorts in medical education, wherein every district will be provided with a government medical college, including in remote and tribal areas. An exceptional chapter in the contemporary history of medical education in Telangana state was unveiled virtually through video conference at Pragati Bhavan, the Chief Minister’s Camp Office in Hyderabad, on November 15, 2022.

CM KCR formally launched the commencement of classes for MBBS first-year students in eight new medical colleges in the state, heralding a qualitative change in medical education. With this initiative of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, medical studies will get a tremendous boost in Telangana. In future, no student would need to migrate either for MBBS or in due course for specialty, super-specialty and multi-specialty studies in medicine to other states.

Prior to this, after the formation of the state, four government medical colleges in Mahabubnagar, Siddipet, Nalgonda and Suryapet were opened. With the addition of eight more government medical colleges in Sangareddy, Mahabubabad, Manchiryala, Jagtial, Wanaparthy, Kothagudem, Nagar Kurnool and Ramagundam, the number of government medical colleges after the formation of state touched 12, and the total colleges to 17. Tribalconcentrated Mahaboobabad and remote area Wanaparthy, too, got colleges — which is a unique feature.