It includes modern medicine, Dental and AYUSH medical colleges.
In the third phase of the central government sponsored scheme hospital projects, 11 medical colleges at the cost of Rs.325 crore have been sanctioned to Tamil Nadu.
[1] On 18 October 2019, permission was given to build 6 medical college hospitals including Tirupur, Nilgiri, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar.
On 25 November 2019, permission was given to construct 3 medical college hospitals including Krishnagiri, Thiruvallur and Nagapattinam.
Also on 13 January 2020, permission was given to construct two medical college hospitals including Ariyalur, Kallakurichi.