SC panel nod for 150 seats to Jalandhar PIMS

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 31

The Supreme Court-appointed oversight committee monitoring the working of the Medical Council of India today approved the award of MBBS degree against 150 seats to the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar.

PIMS, Jalandhar, is one of the medical institutions in the category where the oversight panel has recognised/approved the award of MBBS degree under Section 11 (2) of the Indian Medical Council Act.

The approval in each case is for 150 MBBS seats. The other approved institutions are Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Bairagarh, Bhopal; Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital, Perambur; Saptgiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore; 

Madha Medical College, Chennai; Rama Medical College, Hapur; Fathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh and Malabar Medical College, Calicut.