NMC Accepts Seven Cardiac Super-Specialty Seats In GMC Kolhapur

More Postgraduate medical seats will be added to the seat matrix of Maharashtra since the National Medical Commission (NMC) has permitted seven cardiac super specialty seats to Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College, Kolhapur.

The apex medical commission’s nod has come for four seats in super-specialty cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and three in cardiology medicine for the academic year 2023-2024, adds TOI. These seats will be admitted based on the recently held NEET-SS examination.

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With this, Kolhapur Government medical college has become the third government-run hospital in Maharashtra to provide super-specialty training to pg doctors. Apart from RCSM GMC, the other two hospitals are Mumbai-based JJ Medical College and Hospital and the Government Medical College Nagpur.

Founded in 2000, Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College, Kolhapur, is affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. The medical college provides several undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs with around 600 seats. The college also maintains a nursing school. Its affiliated hospital, Chhatrapati Pramilatai Raje Hospital, has 18 wards with 665 beds.

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Additionally, the medical college has MBBS programs with an intake capacity of 150 candidates. All seats are filled via all-India entrance tests and the subsequent centralized admission procedure rounds,”

“A doctor from G B Pant Medical College was tasked with inspecting the cardiac department. Currently, we carry out 100-150 cardiac processes, sometimes even rare ones. We have a 25-bed facility ready. He added that all the expertise and logistical requirements are available with us, making it easy for the National Medical Commission to approve the seats,” he added.

While commenting on the matter, the college dean, Pradip Dixit, said daily, “We have had a cardiac department functioning for the past 20 years. Now, we will have postgraduate programs on cardiac surgery and cardiology medicine. Students will be permitted to render their services at the attached Chhatrapati Pramila Raje Civil Hospital. With this, critical heart operations such as open-heart surgeries and other procedures that need surgical expertise can be performed. These will especially help critical patients from poor backgrounds who cannot afford such surgeries in private hospitals.”

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