Group of doctors join to start a Medical college.

Updated on: Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Doctors have joined hands to set up a Medical college in the out skirts of Chennai with a purpose of carrying over their legacy to their children

Headed by Dr Anbarasu, founder and managing trustee of the Doctors' Medical College Trust, the college is slated to have the unique distinction of being funded and managed entirely by doctors and medical educators.

The project was inaugurated in the city on July 31.

Dr. Anabarasu told that a land at Odhukadu near Redhills has been identified for setting up the college and hospital. Permission had been obtained from the government to build the college on 23 acres of land, donated by the AMS Trust, he added.

Speaking on the reason to start such a venture, the founder told, "Many doctors now find it difficult to get admissions for their wards in medical colleges and carry their legacy forward," he said.

Backing the founder, the President of Tamil Nadu Medical Practitioners' Association Dr C M K Reddy told, the new project will hopefully solve such problems. Adding that many of his doctor friends have told him that they admitted their children to other courses as they were unable to get medical seats.

Lauding the effort, Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology Dr G Viswanathan said, "India is still at a stage where higher education is more or less limited to the elite. It will take a lot of effort from both the government and private sector to set this right."

He said more and more students were applying for engineering courses. "Even now, there are hardly 2,000 seats each in public and private government colleges. This should change,' the Chancellor said.

The project is likely to become a reality in the next few years.

Group of doctors join to start a Medical college.

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