DW BUREAU / PATIALA Application of the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital for first renewal of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has been approved for admissions to the second batch of the MBBS course. The renewal has been approved by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) which is an Indian regulatory body that regulates medical education and medical professionals. Dr AS Sekhon, Dean of the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ramnagar, in this district, said that Gian Sagar Medical College has an annual intake of 150 students in MBBS course. The college, run by the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, is affiliated to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. Dr Sekhon said that the College had been closed down in 2017 and then last year, in 2020, it had again been granted Letter of Permission (LOP) by the Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India, essentiality certificate by the Punjab government and certificate of affiliation (COA) by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. He said that the first batch of 150 students was admitted to the MBBS in 2020 after MCI nod for admissions. It may be mentioned that the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital was given an essentiality certificate by the Punjab government allowing it to start MBBS, BDS, Bachelors in Physiotherapy and Bachelors in Nursing courses in July, 2019. Admissions for 60 seats each in the Bachelors in Physiotherapy and Bachelors in Nursing courses were made in 2019. (editor@dailyworld.in)