Patiala, Aug. 9 -- Punjab is unlikely to see a new medical college before 2027, with the revamp of district hospitals hanging fire.

The incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had promised to open 16 new government medical colleges in Punjab during its five-year tenure. The state government had decided to avail of the Centre's scheme with a 60:40 fund-sharing ratio to build medical colleges in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur.

The Centre, way back in 2014, had floated a centrally-sponsored scheme (CSS) for 'establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals,' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing government or private medical college. The fund-sharin...