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Announcing the development on Wednesday, Health Minister Dr. M. Ampareen Lyngdoh described it as a historic milestone for the state. “This is a joyful day for the health department and the government of Meghalaya. The NMC has granted permission for Shillong Medical College to function from the 2025-26 academic session with an intake capacity of 50 students,” she said. Lyngdoh informed that admissions will align with the national schedule for NEET-qualified candidates, with the second round of MBBS counselling beginning on September 26. With this addition, Meghalaya now has 144 MBBS seats 50 at SMC and 94 through the state quota in institutions such as NEIGRIHMS and RIIMS. Lyngdoh emphasized that the new college would help address the acute shortage of doctors in government health facilities. Shillong Medical College will operate as a brownfield project, using Shillong Civil Hospital and Ganesh Das Hospital as its teaching hospitals. Lyngdoh also introduced Dr. Nicola Gracyl Lyngdoh Iangrai, a senior ENT surgeon from RIIMS, as the first director of Shillong Medical College. Dr. Iangrai expressed her commitment to contributing to the growth of the institution and to serving the people of Meghalaya