Kalahandi Medical College renamed as Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital

Bhubaneswar: In a historic step taken by the Odisha Government, Kalahandi Medical College and Hospital at Bhawanipatna has been named as “Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital” in the honour of the great freedom fighter of Kalahandi district on Monday.

“The Government has been pleased to announce a name of the Government Medical College & Hospital, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi. The name of the Medical College will be “Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital” in the honour of the great freedom fighter of Kalahandi district," read an official statement by Department of Health and Family Welfare, Odisha. 

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Saheed Rendo Majhi was a great tribal leader and the most prominent freedom fighter of Kalahandi. He had suffered a lot while fighting for the cause of the people of that region during freedom struggle and made supreme sacrifice of his life for the cause.

National Medical Commission (NMC) has already issued Letter of Permission (LoP) on April 11, 2023 for admission of 100 MBBS students for the academic session 2023-24 in favour of the new Medical College at Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi District.

This will increase the number of Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals in the State to 11. The Medical College and Hospital has been built at a cost of Rs.481.06 Crore.

Odisha is the only state where three Medical Colleges have been named after eminent Tribals of the state pandit Raghunath murmur Medial College, Baripada Mayurbhanj. Saheed laxaman Nayak Medical College Koraput.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported where two existing medical colleges in the state was renamed from Government Medical College Keonjhar as Dharanidhar Medical College and Hospital Keonjhar and Government Medical College Sundargarh as Government Medical College and Hospital Sundargar respectively.

"Sincere thanks to Honourable Chief Minister Odisha for naming all these Institutions in the names of Eminent Tribal Leaders," said Dr Priyabrata Majhi, spokesperson of Biju Janata Dal Odisha in a Twitter post.

Currently, there are 10 Medical Colleges and Hospitals (MCHs) in Odisha, with an additional medical college in Kalahandi scheduled to begin operations in the current academic year.

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