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The Medical Council of India (MCI) on Wednesday approved setting up of three new colleges and declared an increase of 630 seats in the existing and the new medical colleges in the state from the current academic year.

Sources said the meeting chaired by MCI chairman Dr Ketan Desai cleared setting up of three new medical colleges in the state having 150 seats each.

One of these new colleges will be in Ahmedabad and will be run by the AMC Medical Education Trust. The second medical college will be in Kutch and will be managed by the Adani Trust. The third new medical college in the state will be set up at Bhavnagar and will be run by the K J Mehta Trust.

Moreover, the MCI has decided to allow an increase of 50 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation-run medical college, 50 seats each in Rajkot and

Bhavnagar colleges and 30 seats in Surat Government Medical College.