Meghalaya will lose its quotas for places in medical colleges outside the state once it gets its own such institution, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma informed today.
“That’s the policy everywhere in the country, so it’s always a give and take. We have to take a decision at one point and all of these points will be brought out in the cabinet on Friday,” Sangma told reporters, adding that everyone should be aware of the things that will happen after this decision is made and what are the financial implications.
“Let the cabinet give the green signal the day after tomorrow and the minister will share the details, including the status of the Shillong Medical College,” the CM stated.
When asked about the setting up of the state medicine board, Sangma said that the board has already been constituted but there are still a few details that have to be worked out.
The board is meant to set up medicine stores that will stock generic drugs and to also ensure that the overall medicine supply in the state is managed in a much more professional and centralised manner for the benefit of the patients at the grassroots.
Informing that there were some discussions on the medicine board that have taken place, Sangma said, “We have gone through the suggestions, some we feel are good and can be implemented, some may not be, so we are just going through that fine tuning so that we can get the maximum output out of it.”
