Chandigarh, May 18 -- In promising news for aspiring doctors in the region, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has received the final nod to develop a 100-bed medical college in Sarangpur, paving the way for the institute to offer MBBS for the first time.

So far, PGIMER has only offered postgraduate courses, such as MD and MS.

Apart from the medical college, the Advanced Cancer Institute, a Trauma Centre and outpatient departments (OPD), also part of the ambitious Sarangpur project, also got clearance from the Institute Body, the top decision-making body of the premier medical institute. All 29 agendas were approved in the meeting, held on Friday - after a long gap of two years.

Union health minister...