Puducherry LG meets Mansukh Mandaviya, demands imparting medical education in Tamil
Press Trust of India | November 2, 2022 | 08:26 AM IST | 1 min read
Puducherry LG Tamilisai Soundararajan presented a letter to Mansukh Mandaviya making a case for offering MBBS in Tamil through a separate medical college.
PUDUCHERRY : Lt Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan met Union Health Minister Manshukh Mandaviya in Delhi on Tuesday and sought imparting medical education in the Union territory in Tamil language. A release from office of Lt Governor here said Soundararajan presented a letter to Mandaviya making a case for offering medical education in Tamil in Puducherry through a separate medical college. She also sought the Centre's permission for setting up a medical university in the Union Territory.
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The release said the Lt Governor also explained to Mansukh Mandaviya the various requirements to augment the facilities in government-run hospitals in Puducherry. She also sought the setting up of a 'de-addiction centre' in Puducherry. Soundararajan who is Governor of Telangana is holding the additional charge of Puducherry's Lt Governor since February 2021.
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