3 med colleges to start functioning this year

The Guwahati Assam Health Department has geared up to operationalize three medical colleges in the state's medical history as the National Medical Commission (NMC) team is set to arrive in the state for the physical verification of the Nalbari Kokrajhar and Nagaon Medical Colleges. Speaking to TOI Assam Director of Medical Education Prof. Anup Kumar Barman on Thursday, said that the health department has completed the appointments of senior faculties in the medical colleges and the joining process is on-going. The state medical and health recruitment board has also approved of the names of the junior faculties to be appointed at the entry level. "We are hopeful that junior faculties will get the appointment before Magh Bihu in mid-January," said Barman. "The senior faculties have been promoted from other existing medical colleges of the state." Health officials said the NMC team's visit which may start from January will be crucial because based on this visit and subsequent recommendation for compliance, if any, the three medical colleges will be set to be operational. Besides serving patients from three different parts of the state- West Central and Lower Assam, the upcoming medical colleges are also going to be milestones in achieving the state government's goal of producing 2000