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“With this, the total number of government medical colleges in the state will be 23. “Every year, students from private college move the court seeking transfer to government colleges if management decides not to continue the course,” said Dr R Kamaraj, a parent of a student in a private medical college. Our state has one of the maximum numbers of medical colleges in the government sector. CHENNAI: In a massive attempt to increase the number of undergraduate medical seats in the state, both government and private institutions together have applied for at least 950 more MBBS seats for 2019. This includes at least 345 seats in public institutions.The directorate of medical education has submitted its final compliance report after two rounds of inspections and is expecting the letter of permission from the Centre to start a government medical college in Karur in 2019 offering 150 medical seats..