Govt. reduces the medical annual fees to Rs 3.75 lakhs
Following is Dharitri’s report on it.
7 comments August 7th, 2007
Orissa government asks committee to take a second look at the medical college fees
Fearing public anger the Orissa government has asked the committee that recommended a 4.5 lakh/year fees for private medical colleges to take a second look at that. Following are excerpts from Pioneer’s report on this.
Drawing flak from student bodies as well as the public, the State Government on Tuesday appealed to the Fee Structure Committee (FSC) to reconsider its decision on the hike of admission fees particularly in the medical stream.
A student has to pay at least Rs 4.5 lakh per annum as against last year’s Rs 2.2 lakh to get into a medical college. In this connection, Industry Minister Biswa Bhusan Harichandan called a high-level meeting of officials on Tuesday. Secretary, Industry also attended the meeting.
It may be noted that the FSC headed by a retired justice had stipulated the annual fee for the 4-year MBBS degree at Rs 4.5 lakh. Orissa has 750 MBBS seats.
The State Government is of the opinion that if it sticks to this fee structure recommended by the Committee, a public resentment would certainly sweep the entire State.
"It is the Government which will face the public anger," said a senior official on the condition of anonymity, adding that if required, the Government may ignore the recommendations of the Panel for the greater interest of the student community.
However, the Government has not yet decided whether it would appeal to the Committee about reconsidering the decision on the admission to the engineering and other streams like MBA.
2 comments July 18th, 2007
Private Medical Colleges in the State
The New Indian Express reported that the Minister of State for Health is considering following proposals.
(1) The proposal to set up a Health University is under the active consideration of the State Government. All the medical colleges in the State would be brought under the university for better management."
(2) In Khordha District: The proposal to upgrade the Capital Hospital into a medical college is also under the consideration of the Government.
(3) Appointment of homeopathic and ayurvedic doctors in place of MBBS doctors in vacant posts. More posts of homeopathic and ayurvedic doctors would be created keeping public welfare in mind.
(4) State Government has issued NOCs for establishment of three medical colleges in the private sector.
(i) In Koraput District: Nabadiganta Educational Trust will set up a hospital at Sunabeda. (Note: There was a report in Sambad earlier that one medical college is being established in Koraput district)
(ii) In Kalahandi District: Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust of Tamil Nadu will establish a college at Jaring in Kalahandi district.
(iii) In Balasore District: Shri Jagannath Educational and Health Trust will establish the third college at Balasore.
(iv) In Balangir District: Balaji Educational and Charitable Trust (BECT), Pudducherry, has signed an MoU with the WODC for establishment of a medical college at Balangir. The organisation has been given 25 acres free of cost. Construction of the college will start after BECT signed the lease agreement with the collector.
NOTE: Other private medical colleges in the state that have already received approval or are on drawing boards are:
(1) In Khordha District: Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (approval received for MBBS course from 2007-08)
(2) In Khordha District: Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (approval received for MBBS course from 2007-08)
(3) In Cuttack District: Earlier the Oriya daily "The Samaja Group (Lok Sevak Mandal)" has shown interest to establish a medical college cum hospital in Cuttack district.
(4) In Sundergarh District: A private medical college is also proposed by WODC in Rourkela.
See http://www.baral.us/orissa/pdf/2005-nov25-statesman.pdf for an older list.
3 comments June 9th, 2007
KIIT has approval for 100 Medical (MBBS) and 100 Dentistry (BDS) seats.
Earlier we had mentioned a running headline regarding KIMS (the medical college of KIIT university) getting MCI approval for starting MBBS. But until now there was no proper news report on it. Today Kalinga Times reports that indeed KIIT has received approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs (on recommendations by the MCI and the Dental Council) for 100 Medical (MBBS) and 100 Dentistry (BDS) seats. KIMS now has a new web page.
9 comments June 8th, 2007
Private medical colleges under the auspices of WODC (Western Orissa development Council)
For some time the Orissa government and the WODC (Western Orissa Development Council) have been trying to develop 3 private medical colleges in Rourkela, Balangir and Jarangi near Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi. [Telegraph Feb 2005,Hindu Nov 2006]
Today’s Sambada reports on some progress with respect to these.
Continue Reading 3 comments May 8th, 2007
KIMS has approval for 100 MBBS seats
The running headline of Tathya.in says that the Medical Council of India has approved 100 seats for KIMS (Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences), a component of KIIT deemed university. It does not yet show up in the MCI list of MBBS colleges. More details are awaited.
Assuming this is true, the medical college situation in Bhuabaneswar-CTC-Puri area will be as follows:
Continue Reading 5 comments May 1st, 2007
25 acres of land handed over for a private medical college in Balangir
Samaja reports that the Orissa government has handed over 25 acres of land to Balaji Trust for establishing a private medical college in Balangir. Earlier the Orissa government had signed an mou with them.
April 26th, 2007