M K C G Medical College, Berhampur

About M K C G Medical College, Berhampur

The Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital, Bramhapur, Ganjam, Orissa, also popularly known as MKCG Medical College and Hospital, is a government medical college and hospital started functioning in the years 1962 and 1966 repectively, as a medical college. Subsequently, both the Medical College and the attached Hospital were renamed after the Late Maharaja of Parlakhemundi, Ganjam, as the Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital.

Operating successfully with 23 Clinical Departments, 8 Non-Clinical & Para-Clinical Departments and with 800 beds, it imparts medical education to 150 Undergraduate Students, 65 Post-graduate Medical Students, 20 Diploma Students in Medical Laboratory Technology and 10 Diploma Students in Medical Radiation Technology. A tele-medicine unit, provided by the ISRO, is also operational.

This Medical College & Hospital, being the only major medical institution in Southern Orissa, 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 & Toxicology Department, and a new, upgraded, Mortuary is being built.

Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital, also popularly known as MKCG Medical College, is an important center of medical education in Berhampur, Orissa. The medical college was established in 1962. At that time, it was called Government College of Berhampur.

MKCG Medical College has been declared a deemed university by the order of Universities Grant Commissions (UGC). Being the only prime medical institution in southern Orissa, the medical college also serves as a referral hospital. MKCG offers a variety of courses for the medical aspirants.