Foundation stone has been laid for medical college under the Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribes Department in Palakkad, Kerala
The SC-ST Department had made an initial budgetary allocation of Rs 50 crore and a special allotment of Rs 5 crore by the government for developing the 78 acre campus. The medical college will be functioning from the next academic year as it is attached to the district hospital. The institution will be shifted to the new campus at Kizhakke Yakkara after the work get completed.
Source: Hindu Business Line