PUDUCHERRY: To speed up the process of setting up the JIPMER-Karaikal Medical College, the Chief Minister N Rangasamy would be visiting New Delhi.
“I want to ensure that the Medical college starts working from the next academic year,” Rangasamy told Express. Touted to be a centre of excellence in undergraduate medical education with an intake of 100 students, JIPMER has sent a concept note (proposal) to the Union Health Ministry after the Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda announced it at the JIPMER convocation. However the proposal was yet to get the formal nod of the Union Health Ministry. Next week it is to be put before the Standing Committee on Finance for discussion and approval.
Rangasamy would call on Union Health Minister and others to press for a green signal. Only after Union Health Ministry approves could consultants be appointed for preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project.
Already JIPMER-Karaikal was working to start the academic year with 100 students at a temporary premise. JIPMER Director Dr S C Parija along with his team inspected a 25 acre site at Karaikal for the college, after which he sent the concept note.
It has been planned that initially the college would work at a temporary campus with a three- storied building built by Puducherry government for the Nursing College and the Government General Hospital at Karaikal. Puducherry government has come forward to provide support for the college.
The CM said he would also call on the Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the Finance Minister and other ministers and pursue all pending proposals and projects. He would also take up the issue of waiver of loans for the UT.