AIZAWL, July 7 : The Mizoram State Medical
College will come to full operation by August next year with intake
capacity of 50 seats for First batch. Subject to the improvement of the
medical college, the intake capacity is to be increased from 50 seats to
100 seats as allowed by Government of India.
In this connection, the Board of Management for Establishment of Mizoram State Medical College headed by Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today held meeting regarding crucial matters for the proposed setting up of State Medical College and approved Mizoram Institute of Medical Education and Research (MIMER) to be the name of the State Medical College as has been suggested by Advisory Committee.
It is planned that MIMER will get started with the existing 300 beds in the State Referral Hospital, Falkawn, from which later it shall be upgradated to 500 beds.