Maharashtra government and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) have approved a medical college for Palghar district. The medical college will be functional by the next academic year.
The college will cater to students from Palghar district as well as from the adjoining Mumbai and Thane districts.
Last year, 29 new colleges from the medical, dental, unani, ayurveda, nursing and other streams in its academic council were approved by MUHS. Further, the list has been forwarded to the government and five colleges have been approved.