Summary:
Puducherry, Nov 1 (PTI) Lt Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan met Union Health Minister Manshukh Mandaviya in Delhi on Tuesday and sought imparting medical education in the Union territory in Tamil language.
A release from office of Lt Governor here said Soundararajan presented a letter to Mandaviya making a case for offering medical education in Tamil in Puducherry through a separate medical college.
She also sought the Centre"s permission for setting up a medical university in the Union Territory.
The release said the Lt Governor also explained to Mansukh Mandaviya the various requirements to augment the facilities in government-run hospitals in Puducherry.
She also sought the setting up of a "de-addiction centre" in Puducherry.
Soundararajan who is Governor of Telangana is holding the additional charge of Puducherry"s Lt Governor since February 2021.
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