Expansion of existing Medical Colleges in Punjab

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Last Updated: 16 October 2026

Sept 2026: 110 new Junior Resident posts approved at AIMS Mohali, raising sanctioned strength from 97 to 207[1]
-- Dec 2025: ₹68.98 crore released to upgrade facilities at the state's premier medical colleges[2]

Now (Oct 2025): about 1,900 MBBS seats across 13 medical colleges[3]
-- Up about 150 from 1,750 in Jul 2022; 200 added in 2025 alone (1,700 in 2024)[3:1]

Baseline: Till Jul 2022[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)

1. Mohali: Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences[5][6]

AAP Govt replanned & redesigned this project due to poor planning
-- Shifted Medical College to a new location as existing site in Phase 6 had inadequate land; only 10-acre land available for its future expansion
-- Current hospital to be upgraded to meet the region’s requirements, avoiding mammoth expenditure in shifting

AAP government allotted 28-acre vacant land for Medical College in Sector 81, with additional 25 acres for future expansion
-- The total budget for the entire project amounts to approximately ₹1000 crore
-- Construction to start in December

  • Started functioning in May 2022 with first MBBS batch of 100 students
  • Running from an existing hospital building with plans to shift the hospital to another location

2. Patiala[7]

-- Increased number of seats from 150 to 225[8][9]
-- Upgraded Emergency ward: The capacity of beds doubled to 100

  • Trauma centre to be set up at Rajindra Hospital at a cost of ₹68.74 crore
  • Additional residential facilities for Doctors, Students & other staff approved at the cost of ~125 crores

3. Amritsar

AAP Govt increased number of seats from 150 to 250 seats[8:1][9:1]

  • The college was initially started as a medical school in Lahore in 1864, later shifted to Amritsar in 1920.The school was upgraded to a medical college in 1943

  • The college spread over 165 acres

  • November 2023: CM Mann inaugurated e-Hospital project, new Radiation therapy block, OPD block and OT complex in State Cancer Institute and multiple residential facilities along with auditorium in the hospital[10]

4. Faridkot: Guru Gobind Singh Medical College[9:2]

25 more MBBS seats added, taking total to 150 seats in Feb 2023

  • The GGSMCH was established in 1973 with a capacity of 50 MBBS seats
  • Only government medical college in Punjab offering MCH plastic surgery super-speciality course

References:

  1. https://yespunjab.com/harpal-cheema-approves-110-new-junior-resident-posts-at-aims-mohali-taking-strength-to-207/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 24 Sept 2026) ↩︎

  2. https://yespunjab.com/cm-bhagwant-mann-orders-immediate-release-of-funds-worth-₹68-98-crore-to-upgrade-premier-medical-colleges-of-punjab/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 23 Dec 2025) ↩︎

  3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/200-more-mbbs-seats-for-state-total-now-1900 (Tribune, 19 Oct 2025) ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/92814785.cms (Times of India, Jul 2022) ↩︎

  5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/construction-of-mohali-medical-college-to-begin-in-december-101697750568017.html ↩︎

  6. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-govt-scraps-ultra-modern-civil-hospital-project-in-mohali-s-sector-66-101679867389324.html ↩︎

  7. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/196-cr-for-infra-at-patiala-medical-college-503263 ↩︎

  8. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/four-new-medical-colleges-to-come-up-in-stategovernor-484961 ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/faridkot-medical-college-gets-nod-to-add-25-more-mbbs-seats-101677252220936.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  10. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/will-develop-state-as-hub-of-medical-tourism-punjab-cm-563304 ↩︎

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