GUWAHATI: The Diphu Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) is likely to start functioning from November end.
Speaking to media, DMCH Principal & Superintendent Dr. Suitra Hagjer while inaugurating the Out Patient Department (OPD) of DMCH said that the OPD will remain open from 8 AM till 2 PM.
She further informed that the DMCH will evolved like any other govt hospital in phase manner - in the 1st phase, the OPD will be introduced, in the 2nd phase indoor patients from DCH will be shifted to DMCH.
It is to be mentioned that the Assam health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the faculties of the college will get an additional 25% of basic salary as an incentive.
Further the new medical colleges which are being constructed at Nalbari, Tinsukia, and Kokrajhar would have MBBS seat capacity of 100 each. Each college will also have a bed capacity of 500.
Currently, there are six medical colleges in Assam that have 726 MBBS seats and 495 PG seats. Once the upcoming medical colleges at Dhubri, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, and Diphu are completed, the number of MBBS seats in the State would increase by 1126.
