Overview

• The National Medical Commission granted a Letter of Permission with 50 MBBS seats for the new institution.
• The college will launch on a brownfield model using Shillong Civil Hospital and Ganesh Das Hospital as teaching facilities.
• The government set up the Shillong Medical College Council and notified fees, anti-ragging, gender-harassment and pharmacovigilance committees to satisfy regulatory requirements.
• Faculty recruitment has filled all 25 assistant professor posts, with 8 of 16 professors, 17 of 20 associate professors, 21 of 23 senior residents and 12 of 15 tutors in place, and Dr Nicola Gracyl Lyngdoh Iangrai named director.
• The 50-seat intake lifts Meghalaya’s total MBBS capacity to 144 when counted with existing state-quota seats at NEIGRIHMS and RIMS.