Shillong: Meghalaya Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh will undertake a trip to Uttar Pradesh to study the model where the Centre assisted the state government in setting up six medical colleges.
The visit of the Meghalaya Health Minister to Uttar Pradesh is crucial because the state, during the last 51 years of its existence, could not set up any medical college.
Lyngdoh told reporters that the visit to Uttar Pradesh would be a big learning experience for Meghalaya. Some senior health department officials are likely to accompany the minister.
On Friday, the state Health Minister attended a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on the status of the two medical colleges coming up in Shillong and Tura.
There are reports that the Shillong Medical College may start from September 2025, while there has been a delay in the construction of the Tura Medical College.
Lyngdoh said the CM wanted to know about the progress of the Tura Medical College. “We expect it to be likely operational sometime 2026-2027,” she said.
The Health Minister said her department is still working hard to ensure that the Tura medical College gets operational within the set deadline.
In addition to the two government medical colleges, the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya is also setting up a medical college close to Guwahati.
The state government is also proposing to provide home dialysis treatment for citizens of the state, the minister said.
“Right now we are also trying the option of having home dialysis,” she said. The response was following the technical glitches in the dialysis unit.
But the minister said the home dialysis treatment is not covered under the cashless MHIS plan.
