MKCG medical college gears up for golden jubilee celebrations

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Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) medical college of Berhampur would celebrate its golden jubilee this year. Preparations are on to have a grand ceremony to mark the golden jubilee of this only medical college and referral hospital in south Odisha. According to the chairman of the golden jubilee celebration committee of the medical college, Sonamali Bag, who also happens to be its dean and principal, the five-day golden jubilee celebrations would start in the first week of December. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has confirmed his participation in the five-day event. Efforts were on to invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other political leaders and senior officers of the state too, said N.C. Padhi, chief advisor of the core-committee. An organising committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the dean and principal of MKCG medical college. Former MKCGians, as well as faculty members, had been invited to mail their suggestions to the gic2012mkcg@gmail.com and gic2012mkcg@yahoo.com, Padhi said.

“An amount of Rs 1.2 crore would be spent for the function. We plan to raise the funds through contributions from doctors. We would mark the names of doctors in golden letters for contribution of Rs 50,000, in silver letters for Rs 25,000 and in bronze letters for Rs 10,000,” said organising secretary, Sachidananda Mahanty. Oratory, quiz, cultural programmes and academic lectures by doctors on strategic subjects will be organised. Over 5,000 delegates and guests are expected to attend the celebrations. “The college has produced nearly 6,000 medical graduates and postgraduates over the past 50 years. They are now well-settled, working in different parts of the state, country and even abroad. We hope many of them will attend the event,” said Padhi. The registration fee for the event is Rs 2,000. Bharati Mishra, the financial advisor, said more than 200 saplings had been planted on the campus since August 15 as ‘golden jubilee’ trees. “We would organise a mega health and blood donation camps on November 1,” she added. Kamala Kanta Panigrahi, associate advisor of the core-committee, stressed that it would be a social get-together of ex-MKCGians and faculty members.

The government medical college and hospital is named after the late Maharaja of Paralakhemundi. It is the only major medical institution in south Odisha that serves as a referral hospital. This college is said to have the largest campus of all three government medical colleges in the state.

Source: The Telegraph and The Hindu