PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ RUDRAPUR
Rudrapur Medical College with five hundred beds is all set to become operational by the end of this year. While the work of arranging the bed is almost complete, the same involving study labs, hostels and library is about 40 per cent complete. The State Health department sources said that after this facility becomes operational, the study will be started here for the students from far-flung areas of Uttarakhand.
The director of Medical Education, Dr Ashutosh Sayana said that the Uttarakhand government has sufficient number of MBBS doctors available. “The government is now focused on increasing the number of specialist doctors. To have more specialist doctors, it is increasing number of courses in the State-run medical colleges. These doctors will be sent to remote areas where they are needed,” he added.
