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Shillong: Parents of students at the P A Sangma International Medical College and Hospital (PIMC) are pressing the Meghalaya government for a cash injection. They fear the private institution's deep financial hole will ruin their children’s medical training. The parents submitted a formal memorandum to the Health and Family Welfare Department's Commissioner and Secretary this week.
Families of the 2026 MBBS batch toured the campus recently. They checked out the Super Speciality Hospital, new hostels, and academic facilities. Despite these assets, the school is struggling under heavy bank loans. The parents reported that the college is missing salary payments and failing to meet loan obligations. They want the state to step in before the students lose out.
A senior health official confirmed the government is weighing the request. The parents told officials, "We therefore earnestly appeal to the Government of Meghalaya to urgently extend appropriate financial support to PIMC, enabling it to overcome its severe financial difficulties, meet its immediate obligations, complete essential infrastructure and maintain the quality of medical education and clinical training expected by our children."
PIMC is Meghalaya’s first private medical college. It sits under the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya. The National Medical Commission greenlit the MBBS program in October 2024. The first session started that same year with 100 seats. Forty-three of those seats are reserved for the state quota. Families insist that state help now protects the future of healthcare across the Northeast.
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