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Senior health department of Bihar, including its principal secretary Sanjay Kumar, attended the meeting.Patna Medical College (PMC), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (Bhagalpur) and Shri Krishna Medical College (Muzaffarpur) each will have 50 more seats while Darbhanga Medical College (DMCH) has been allotted 10 additional seats. PATNA: The state medical colleges will have 160 more seats in 2018-2019 session, Union minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said after a meeting in Delhi on Monday. Foundation stone of the medical colleges in Chhapra and Purnia will be laid in June,” he added.Work is also underway to open super speciality hospitals in Bhagalpur and Gaya. The central government has also asked the state to forward a proposal identifying the place to set up a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bihar. Sources said the health ministry has asked the state to take it up on priority basis..