The Maharashtra Cabinet has given approval for setting up 100-student capacity state-run medical college in Sindhudurg and attaching it to district general hospital thereby, upgrading the hospital to 500-bed facility.
A total of Rs 966.08 crore has been set aside for the college and hospital project.
A proposal will be sent to the Centre before 30 November 2020 so that the medical college can start in 2021-22.