: For the first time, centrally sponsored JIPMER will have a branch in an outlying region, in Karaikal, and will be temporarily housed in a fully renovated PWD building there before a full fledged campus comes up.
Sources in JIPMER said Lt Governor Kiran Bedi will declare open the complex tomorrow, with Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and other Ministers participating.
The complex has 49 first year MBBS students.
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In the first phase the academic wing would come up at a cost of Rs 497 crore, whilein the second a multi speciality hospital would be set up at a cost of Rs 350 crore.
The premier medical institution will develop the 506 bed government hospital of Puducherry in Karaikal with additional state-of-the-art infrastructure.
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