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The Government of Gujarat will seek approval for the establishment of five new medical schools in Panchmahal, Gir-Somnath, Devbhumi-Dwarka, Botad and Morbi districts as part of a central government program, Deputy Prime Minister Nitin Patel said on Wednesday.

He said the estimated total cost of setting up the college would be 1625 rupees, of which the central portion would be 60 percent.

Patel said that every new medical school has 100 seats for MBBS.

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The total admission of MBBS to Gujarat would exceed 6,300 after the center approved the five new medical schools, he said.

Speaking to reporters in Gandhinagar, Patel said existing state hospitals in Panchmahal, Gir-Somnath, Devbhumi-Dwarka, Botad, and Morbi districts would be added to the new colleges after they were approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) have been upgraded.

The Union government has identified 75 districts in the country that do not have a medical school. A few months ago we sent a proposal to build medical schools in the Narmada, Porbandar and Navsari districts. Now were sending the center another proposal to approve medical schools in these five districts, said Patel.

In order to operate a medical university, the connected hospital must have at least 300 beds in accordance with the MCI standards.

Therefore, the state government will first upgrade these five hospitals according to the standards before building medical schools, Patel said, adding that each college would cost 325 billion rupees, bringing total spending to 1625 billion rupees.

The proposed medical colleges are located in the city of Godhra in Panchmahal, in Khambhalia in Devbhumi-Dwarka, in Veraval in Gir-Somnath and in Botad and Morbi.

According to the central system, 60 percent of the cost of 1625 rupees for the five colleges will be borne by the center, while the state government would contribute 40 percent. We will make the country available free of charge. Each college will have a capacity of 100 MBBS, said Patel.

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