Seats increased in Government and Private Colleges for Medical and Nursing Students

at 3:53 pm

New Delhi : COVID-19 pandemic has re-affirmed the importance of adequate number of qualified and skilled human resources in health.

Number of MBBS Seats in the country has increased by 53.22% from 54,348 seats in 2014 to 83,275 seats in 2020 and the number of PG seats  by 80% from 30,191 seats in 2014 to 54,275 seats (including DNB & CPS seats) in 2020. .

According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, number of nursing seats in the country has increased as below:

  1. ANM seats have increased by 5.73% from 52,479 in 2014 to 55,490 in 2020
  2. GNM seats have increased by 12.38% from 1,15,844 in 2014 to 1,30,182 in 2020
  • iii. B.Sc. (N) seats have increased by 21.24% from 83,192 in 2014 to about 1,00,865 in 2020.
  • iv. M.Sc. (N) seats have increased by 23.53% from 10,784 in 2014 to about 13,322 in 2020. Government has taken various steps to further increase the availability of doctors and nurses, official release added.

 

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