Medical varsity to come up in Kerala

Updated on: Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday gave its nod for setting up a new medical university in the state.
'The cabinet has cleared an ordinance to this effect and the governors assent has been sought. Once that happens, the Kerala Health University will come into existence and its headquarters will be at Trissur,' Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan told reporters here.

A 90-member senate and a 17-member governing council would run the affairs of the new university. At present, Kerala has various medical institutions under five universities in the private, cooperative and government sector.

Health Minister PK Sreemathi said consequent to the formation of the medical varsity, all forms of medical education will have a common control system. 'The only institutions that are left out from this new varsity would be the Schools of Nursing because it is only the graduate courses in the three forms of medicine allopathy, ayurveda and homoeopathy which would come under the new set-up,' said Sreemathi.

Medical varsity to come up in Kerala

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