JNU to have medical college and a 500-bed hospital – Education News
The Jawaharlal Nehru University in its Academic Council meeting on Tuesday passed the setting up of a medical college and a 500-bed super specialty hospital on the university campus.
This school will offer PhD, MDPhD, MD, MS, DM, MCh and MBBS degree programmes with an emphasis on modern medicine integrated with traditional medicine and knowledge systems.
A statement by the university said “The hospital and the medical college in the JNU University campus will be operational by the year 2024 if all the concerned approvals to the medical college and hospital get a nod on time.
The hospital will function under the School of Medical Sciences, JNU”. University Vice-Chancellor Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar said that a great need was felt in JNU for this type of medical school.
Therefore, it has been decided to open a medical school based on modern technology and health services. Under this, the introduction of various courses in medical and health sciences is being considered.
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