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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday urged the Centre to take urgent measures to make Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College in Baripada of Odisha, functional at the earliest.
In a letter to Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Pradhan urged him to direct the Medical Council of India (MCI) to visit the medical college for inspection so that the process of admission can start for the 2018-19 academic session.
The admission into the MBBS course in Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College hangs in balance as the institute is yet to receive permission from the MCI.
According to sources, the college had become operational in the last academic session after it received conditional letter of permission (LOP) from the MCI following intervention of the Supreme Court's oversight committee.
The visit of the MCI team is essential for obtaining permission for admission for the 2018-19 academic session.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College with an annual intake capacity of 100 seats is part of the five medical colleges that the state government is setting up in collaboration with the Centre under the central sponsored schemes (CSS).
"The construction work of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College is complete and to make the college functional, MCI has to carry out second inspection and submit an assessment report so that the process of admission can commence for the 2018-19 session," Pradhan wrote in his letter.
