Hyderabad: The health department issued a government order, GO 156, to put into motion the government’s plan to start 12 medical BSc courses in nine medical colleges from the next academic year.
The courses will be introduced in Gandhi Medical College, Kakatiya Medical College, RIMS (Adilabad), Osmania Medical College and Government Medical colleges of Nizamabad, Siddipet, Nalgonda, Suryapet and Mahbubnagar.
The supplementary courses in medical education will be in anaesthesia, operation theatre, respiratory therapy, renal dialysis, neuroscience, critical care, radiology and imaging, audiology and speech therapy, medical records sciences, optometry, cardiac care and cardiovascular technology.
There will be 860 seats for the courses, with 210 at Osmania Medical College, 150 at Gandhi Medical College and 130 at Kakatiya Medical College.
