250 MBBS seats lost in Odisha after MCI inspection

Odisha: MCI has now held admission in 250 medical seats in three private medical colleges for 2016-17 in the state. The reason cited for MCI dismissal is the lack of infrastructure in these medical colleges. The 3 medical colleges are Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital (MCH) at Rourkela, Sardar Rajas MCH and Research Centre at Jaring in Kalahandi and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) at Bhubaneswar.

Total seats applied as per Express report

• Hi-Tech MCH had applied for 100 seats in its fifth batch


• Sardar Rajas MCH had applied for renewal of permission for 100 seats for its fourth batch


• SC had held permission to KIMS from offering 100 to 150 MBBS seats after observing an MCI report. The judgment was delivered in May 2016, not allowing KIMS to offer additional MBBS seats for next two academic years

Recent news on medical admissions in the state

• Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital at Bhubaneswar application for offering additional seats in different MS courses is under procession by MCI. The courses are MS (General Surgery), MS (Orthopaedics), MS (ENT), MD (Anaesthesia), MD (Psychiatry), MD (General Medicine), MD (Radio-Diagnosis), MD (Paediatrics) and MS (OBG)


• MKCG medical college will now offer 250 MBBS seats, adding 100 additional seats to the 150 seats offered earlier at the institute. The medical college dean and principal Arun Kumar Dandapat has confirmed the news that 250 students would be admitted in first year MBBS course of this institute


• The state government here is all set to provide early medical admissions. The government has successfully created posts for GMC Koraput, GMC Baripada and GMC Balasore. The government has also appointed Dean-cum-Principals at the said medical colleges. Koraput is expected to start admission process from 2017-18 academic year and those at Balasore and Baripada in 2018- 19