Rs. 118 crore sanctioned for development of MKCG Medical College

The State government has sanctioned Rs.118 crore for infrastructure development projects in MKCG medical college and hospital campus in Berhampur. According to Berhampur MLA Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, this money would be spent during the year 2013-14. “This infrastructure development would ensure increase of student intake strength of MKCG medical college and would also make it a premier referral medical centre of the State,” Mr. Chayau Patnaik said. It may be noted that the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in his speech during golden jubilee celebration of this government medical college on December 1, 2013 had declared that the State government would make all efforts to enhance infrastructure to increase MBBS student intake capacity of this college in the city by another 100 students.

As part of the developmental projects to be taken up on the MKCG medical college and hospital campus, a new central Intensive Care Unit (ICU) would come up. A building for super specialisation departments would also be built up. This building would house departments like plastic surgery, neurology, urology, nephrology, endocrinology, cardiology etc. To meet the proposed increase in student strength a new hostel for boys and another for girl students would be built. A new hostel for senior residents of the medical college hospital is also on the anvil. There would be two new hostels for nursing students.

This medical college would have a new well equipped auditorium with capacity to hold an audience of 1,500. Four new large lecture theatres of the medical college would also come up. They would include three lecture theatres of 350 persons capacity while the other would have a capacity to have 650 persons. There would be a new building to house all laboratories of the medical college. It is also planned to have an apartment for the nursing staff on the campus. Speaking on the vacancies of staff in MKCG medical college, the MLA said he has urged the State government to make ad hoc appointment of one associate professor in each of the super speciality departments.

Source: The Hindu