GOA, Panaji: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved new MD courses at Goa Medical College, which is good news for the state of Goa’s postgraduate medical students. From the academic year 2023–2024, GMC will offer doctor of medicine (MD) courses in geriatric medicine and immunology, haematology, and blood transfusion. Vishwajit Rane, the state’s minister of health, disclosed this information on Thursday when he revealed that the NMC had approved these new teaching courses. On this, he continued, “In terms of GMC’s academic history, it is a significant accomplishment.” A few medical universities offer the new MD programmes.”

Goa Medical College (GMC), one of the nation’s oldest medical institutions, was founded in 1691. It is a government-run organisation and an organic Goa University institute. The college offers 86 PG medical seats in addition to the 180 MBBS seats that are open for admittance to MBBS students. Advertisement The college is now prepared to commence new MD courses in geriatric medicine and immunology, haematology, and blood transfusion, according to the most recent local news report by the Times of India. A senior doctor from the GMC commented on the situation and noted that, over the previous five years, the college’s activities had significantly increased in both studies and facilities.

The super-speciality building should be completely operational in the next months, and work on the regional cancer centre should be finished by the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024, the doctor said.

“With the GMC offering so many super-speciality courses, Goan students no longer will be required to go outside the state for their advanced studies,” he mentioned while also mentioning that the GMC is regarded as one of the nation’s top medical schools. Medical Dialogues reported last year that 10 additional super-speciality seats in six departments, including surgery, urology, plastic surgery, cardiology, cardiac anaesthesia, and nephrology, had been approved by the NMC for the college.