Preparations were in final stages
for the five- day golden jubilee celebration of Maharaja Krushna Chandra
Gajapati (MKCG) medical college in the city, which is to be inaugurated by
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday. According to organising secretary of
the golden jubilee celebration, S.N.Mohanty, it was an occasion to celebrate
for whole of south Odisha as this institute happened to be the only medical
college in this region. The hospital attached to the medical college was also
the only referral hospital in south Odisha.
The State government had started
a medical college in Berhampur in 1961. Due to dearth of its own campus it was
being run in the building in front of the City Hospital, which is now being
used as office of Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO). Later it was shifted
to the building which is now being used as living quarters of Revenue
Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division and the building which is now
being used by the Ophthalmology Department of the medical college. On November
30, 1963, foundation stone was laid for the new building of the medical college
and the hospital attached to it. In 1966 it was named after Maharaja Krushna
Chandra Gajapati, who had played a pivotal role for the formation of modern
Odisha State on linguistic basis. New building of this institution was
inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Odisha Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo on
February 21, 1969.
During the time of inception this
institute had intake strength of 40 students. Now 150 students are getting
admitted into its MBBS course every year. At present 96 students were studying
in post graduate courses of the institute. As the hospital attached to it
happens to be the only referral hospital in south Odisha, more than 1,000
patients reach its out-patients section every day. On an average more than 120
patients get admitted in the indoor wards of the hospital every day. The alumni
of the institute include several physicians of national and international
repute. According to Dr. Mohanty around 5,000 delegates would attend the golden
jubilee celebrations. First principal of the institute Sukumar Das would also
attend the inaugural ceremony. As part of the celebration several technical
seminars would be held in which experts of international fame would take part.
Present as well as past students of the institute were also busy preparing for
cultural shows they would perform during the five-day long celebration.
Source: The Hindu
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