Bihar to Get 5 out of 25 New Medical Colleges in Country

The centre has agreed for setting up 25 new medical colleges across the country, out of which 5 of them are proposed in Bihar, Ashwini Kumar Choubey Union Minister of State for Health informed on Wednesday.

As per the reports, Choubey informed that budget presented by Arjun Jaitley, Finance Minister contained a proposal for coming up with 25 medical colleges across the country and a sum of Rs. 250 crore will be sanctioned by the Centre for the establishment of each institution. Choubey also represents Buxar in the Lok Sabha.

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It is divided into five zones each of it comprising 3 parliamentary constituencies, where one medical college each will be set up. The five zones are Buxar-Ara- Pataliputra, Samstipur-Supaul-Araria, Jamui-Munger-Banka, Vaishali-Gopalganj-Siwan, and Sheohar-Sitamarhi-Madhubani.

He also mentioned that the state government has ordered them to make the land available within a month for the establishment of a cancer research centre at Muzaffarpur. The foundation stone for the cancer research centre is likely to be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.

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The estimated cost of the 125-bed cancer research centre will be Rs.200 crore and will be helped by Bhabha Atomic Research Institute . They are also planning to set up diagnostic centres in all 38 districts of Bihar so that cancer could be detected in the earlier stages and will prevent the loss of lives.