Shimla, Aug. 11 -- BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Shimla, Suresh Kumar Kashyap, on Monday said that under a centrally sponsored scheme, a total cost of Rs.144 crore has been approved to add 120 additional MBBS seats across six medical colleges in Himachal Pradesh.

Financial assistance of Rs.14.50 crore has been approved to increase the number of postgraduate seats at a medical college by 17, he added.

Statement comes after a reply from the Union ministry on the question regarding medical colleges, MBBS and postgraduate seats, the availability of doctors and specialists, and the strengthening of health services in state asked by the MP.

In a written reply, Union minister of state for health and family welfare Anupriya Patel, citing information...