Santha Bhima Bhoi Medical College: MCI Inspection ends on positive note

Bhubaneswar: The Medical Council of India (MCI) recently inspected the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital to observe whether the institute possesses the requisite facilities for MBBS students.

As the MCI assessors found all the facilities as adequate, it is anticipated that like last time, the medical college will succeed in bagging positive response from the MCI.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported about the commencement of MBBS course at the medical college which was allotted the capacity of 100 MBBS seats. In June this year, the MCI had accorded its approval for MBBS admission in four Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) in Odisha for the academic year 2019-2020. The Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Balangir had successfully received the medical council's permission for the second batch of MBBS course.

Now recently, the medical college underwent inspection for its affiliation for next academic year's MBBS admission session.

According to the local daily, Orissa Post, the three-member MCI team comprising Professor Bijay Bhattacharya from Kolkata, Professor Dewan from Manipur and Professor Sunil Nagar from Delhi visited the medical college to take stock of the medical college's facilities.

During the assessment round, the MCI officials took note of the medical college's infrastructure, faculty members and study materials along with other facilities.

The MCI team expressed satisfaction on the infrastructural facilities available at the institute. The assessors have assured the medical college authorities that they will recommend the MCI to grant affiliation to the college for admission in next educational session, reports Orissa Post

When being asked about the said MCI inspection, Medical College Dean Dr Lalit Kumar Meher and superintendent Dr Mahendra Nayak, stated to the daily that all departmental heads students and staff were present during the visit of the MCI team.