7 New Medical Colleges with ~600 MBBS seats coming up in Punjab

Last Updated: 6 November 2026

5 Nov 2026: Letter of Intent issued for the SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) medical college and teaching hospital^[1]
-- Investment of about ₹160 crore under Public-Private Partnership^[1:1]
-- 50 MBBS seats a year, with 50% under the Punjab Government quota^[1:2]
-- Existing 150-bed District Hospital upgraded to a 220-bed teaching hospital^[1:3]

TARGET:
-- Establish Tertiary Care Super Specialist Hospitals
-- Make Punjab a hub of Medical education & services

March 2026: 7 new medical colleges with ~600 more MBBS seats^[2]
-- Govt: Hoshiarpur (construction from 20 March 2026, target March 2028, 300-bed hospital) & Kapurthala (tendering done)
-- Hoshiarpur cost cut from ₹550 crore estimate to ₹274.75 crore, saving nearly ₹250 crore^[3]
-- PPP: Sangrur (tendering underway) & SBS Nagar (Letter of Intent issued 5 Nov 2026)
-- Minority/Private: Malerkotla, Lehragaga & near Ludhiana

EXISTING: Till Jul2022^[4]:

Punjab has only 12 medical colleges
-- 4 government, 6 privates, 1 PPP mode and 1 Centre-run
-- Total only 1,750 MBBS seats (800 government & 950 private)

• Upgrading Existing Medical Colleges Mohali College re-Designed & under construction

1. Kapurthala: Shri Guru Nanak Dev State Institute of Medical Sciences^[5]

• Will be built on a 20-acre site
• With 100 MBBS seats
• Tender process completed; construction to begin shortly (Mar 2026)^[3:1]

2. Hoshiarpur: Shaheed Udham Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences^[6]

• 100 MBBS seats a year
• 300-bed hospital^[3:2]
• Project cost ₹274.75 crore, after administrative approval^[3:3]
• Cost cut from the initial ₹550 crore estimate, saving nearly ₹250 crore of public funds^[3:4]
• Construction from 20 March 2026, to be completed by March 2028^[3:5]
• Five-storey hospital building and three-storey medical college building with a 500-seat auditorium^[3:6]
• College will also prove to be a boon for many districts of Himachal Pradesh
• Earthquake resistant building

3. Sangrur: Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences^[6:1]

• 100 MBBS seats will be established
• Public-Private Partnership model; tender process underway (Mar 2026)^[3:7]

4. Malerkotla: Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Government Medical College^[6:2]

• It is a minority medical College
• 100 seats for MBBS will be established
• Detailed project report (DPR) submitted to the Centre (Mar 2026)^[3:8]

5. Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar): medical college and teaching hospital^[1:4]

• Letter of Intent issued on 5 Nov 2026 by the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) to Indus Super Speciality Healthcare Private Limited^[1:5]
• Public-Private Partnership (DBFOT) model, with an investment of about ₹160 crore^[1:6]
• 50 MBBS seats a year, with 50% under the Punjab Government quota^[1:7]
• Existing 150-bed District Hospital becomes a 220-bed teaching hospital meeting NMC requirements^[1:8]
• Construction to begin next month; operational within 18 months^[1:9]
• 30-bed super-speciality cardiac care unit with a catheterisation laboratory for angiography and angioplasty^[1:10]
• Serves Nawanshahr, Balachaur, Ropar, Garhshankar, Banga, Machhiwara and areas within 35-40 km^[1:11]

Affordable care at the hospital

• OPD registration fee stays ₹10^[1:12]
• Cashless treatment under Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana and Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY^[1:13]
• Essential medicines free through government pharmacies^[1:14]
• CT scans, MRI scans and other tests at highly subsidised rates^[1:15]

6. Lehragaga: Jain Minority College^[3:9]

• Land leased by the government after signing an MoU (Mar 2026)

7. Near Ludhiana: private medical college^[3:10]

• A private medical college is coming up near Ludhiana (Mar 2026)

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