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We don’t need new medical colleges,” added Sadanandan.Meanwhile, Kerala Medical College’s management claimed that it had the infrastructure to run a medical college. KOCHI: Kerala Medical College at Palakkad is staring at closure with state government deciding to move its 150 students to other private medical colleges. We held a discussion with private medical colleges and there are enough colleges to take the students. The college management gives a bank guarantee.“Government has already started proceedings to take over Kerala Medical College and requested us to accept students. This is a result of ‘overbuilding’ medical colleges in state,” said Kerala Private Medical College Management Association president Dr Fazal Gafoor.Private medical managements are struggling to survive and of the 23 private medical colleges, 18 have not paid salary to faculty for nearly six months..