Chandigarh, July 12 -- Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has received the National Medical Commission's approval to raise its MBBS intake from 150 to 200 seats, effective the 2026-27 academic session, taking its undergraduate capacity to the highest in the tricity.

Director Ravneet Kaur said the college had applied for the increase in January this year. "The increase in seats also increases our responsibility to maintain the standard we currently have and reach better heights," she said.

With the addition, GMCH pulls ahead of the tricity's other medical institutions. Panchkula has no MBBS seats of its own, while Dr. B. R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Ajitgarh, Mohali, currently offers 100....