HYDERABAD: Union Minister For Culture and Tourism, G Kishan Reddy tweeted on Saturday, July 31, 2021, that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre established 90 medical colleges in the country, over the last three years, of which nine are in Telangana.
In Telangana, of the nine colleges established, five are private. Of the remaining four, three are State government medical colleges at Siddipet, Nalgonda, Suryapet and one central institution — AIIMS Bibinagar. It may be mentioned here that the Central government has established 157 new medical colleges attached with district hospitals across the country, but none is in Telangana.