MKCG Medical College and Hospital
| ମହାରାଜା କୃଷ୍ଣ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ଗଜପତି ଭେଷଜ ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଓ ଚିକିତ୍ସାଳୟ | |
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Official Seal of MKCG Medical College | |
| Motto | सर्वे संतु निरामया ॥ (Freedom from Sickness to all people) |
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| Type | Government College |
| Established | 1962 |
| Dean | Prof. Dr. Arun Kumar Dandapat |
| Undergraduates | 150 per year |
| Location | Brahmapur, Odisha, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | MKCG |
| Affiliations | Medical Council of India |
| Website | http://www.mkcgmch.org/ |
The Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital, Brahmapur, Ganjam, Odisha, also popularly known as MKCG Medical College and Hospital, is a Government Medical College and Hospital which started functioning in 1962 as a medical college and 1966 as a hospital. Subsequently, both the Medical College and the attached Hospital were renamed after the Late Maharaja of Parlakhemundi, Ganjam, Krushna Chandra Gajapati, as the Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital.
Functioning
It operates with 23 Clinical Departments, 8 Non-Clinical and Para-Clinical Departments and with 800 beds. A tele-medicine unit, provided by the ISRO, is also operational. It imparts medical education to 150 undergraduate students, 95 post-graduate medical students, 20 diploma students in Medical Laboratory Technology and 10 diploma students in Medical Radiation Technology.
This Medical College and Hospital, being the only major medical institution in Southern Odisha, also serves as a referral hospital. A blood bank is located in a separate building within the medical compound. Recently the building for Regional Diagnostic Centre was completed and it is ready to start functioning with facilities for a variety of sophisticated diagnosis and investigation. The hospital has also started working on two new separate buildings, dedicated to Trauma Centre and a new, improved, Neurology Department. Within the compound there is a Forensic and Toxicology Department, and a new, upgraded, mortuary and a new forensic and toxicology building, in addition to this there is a new orthopaedics building, a new paediatrics building and a new medicine building has been built. Recently there has been much infrastructure development like The Central Library,New Casualty Department, Microbiology Department and Oncology Department are in making.The Central Library is sanctioned with a budget of 9 crore.The Building is designed according to AIIMS style.The Building will have five floors.The Ground Floors will have Garage and Canteen Facility, 2nd Floor will be reservoir of books, 3rd Floor will be for reading, 4th Floor will have computer facility with all the e-library will be linked through central server and 5th Floor will be a hub for Research Papers and Journals.
Residential quarters are provided inside the campus for the teaching and non-teaching staff of both the College and the Hospital.
This medical college has the largest campus of all three government medical colleges in Odisha.
Undergraduate courses
The college offers the four and half year MBBS course with one year compulsory rotating internship in affiliated hospitals to a maximum of 150 students per year. Admission to this college in MBBS course is extremely competitive and strictly on the basis of merit. Out of 150, 23 seats are filled through national quota of All India Pre-medical Test (AIPMT) conducted by the CBSE and the remaining 127 seats are filled through the state quota of the same exam held every year.[1] Only 0.2% of applicants for the MBBS course are accepted.
Student life
Undergraduate hostels
There are three men's hostels and two women's hostels on its campus for the students pursuing MBBS course.
Post-graduate hostels
There are two PG hostels for gents and one for women.
Sports facility
There is a large playground near men's hostel 2 in its campus that hosts annual athletic meet and sports events of the college. The campus has a basketball court near Gents Hostel 1, two volleyball courts, two outdoor badminton courts and one indoor badminton court.
See also
References
2. http://www.mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=108
3. http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article124408.ece