MKCG Golden Jubilee: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs. 161 core package and to raise intake capacity for MBBS from 150 to 250

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs. 161 core package for  development of MKCG Medical College in Berhampur. He said this while inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of the MKCG Medical College. On this occasion he also announced that the State government has started efforts to increase MBBS student intake capacity of Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) medical college in the city by another 100 students and to raise it to 250 from the 2014-15 academic session. At present this only government medical college in south Odisha has intake strength of 150 students for its MBBS course. Naveen said around Rs 161-crore has been sanctioned for construction of new buildings at MKCG Medical College and Hospital. A separate amount has been allotted for the MRI and Life Care Centre at the hospital, he added.

Inauguration ceremony of golden jubilee celebration of this medical college was also attended by Berhampur MP, S. Mohapatra, MLAs R.C.C. Patnaik, Pradeep Panigrahy and Purna Chandra Sethi, RDC (southern division) Aravind Padhi, director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, R.M.Tripthy etc. Attraction of the inaugural function was Sukumar Das, the first principal of this medical college who attended the function at the advanced age of 89 years. Prof. Das narrated the story of establishment of the medical college in 1962 at the function. He urged the Chief Minister to initiate measures to eradicate lacking of this institute and take developmental measures to make it a major institution of medical sciences in the country.

Source: Times of India, The Hindu & Orissa Diary

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