64 new medical PG seats added to existing seats at three government medical colleges in Odisha. This was informed by Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak ( the Odisha Health Minister). Minister Nayak said Medical Council of India (MCI) approved 24, 22, 18 seats respectively for SCB medical college, MKCG medical college, VSS medical college.
It should be noted that earlier the government said that once some of the proposed medical colleges came up, the number of seats would go up to nearly 3,000 by the end of 2017-18.