Kopal Institute of Medical Sciences likely to begin PG Medical courses soon

The medical college has been running since the academic year 2014-15 and has an intake of 150 undergraduate students but it has only recently met the standard requirements of infrastructure.

The Karnataka government had given an undertaking to the Supreme court in order to get clearance from the National Medical Commission, then known as the Medical Council of India. The NMC is the apex body which regulates medical institutions.

Speaking to the Edexlive, the director, Vijayanath Itayagi, informed that an inspection team from NMC has been conducting a thorough department-wise check of the institution so that the post graduate medical education can commence from this year.

The college has over 20 departments including Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic medicines, and Biochemistry. The NMC team has already completed an inspection of the department of medicines, pediatrics, anesthesia, surgery medicines, and orthopedics.

As of now, the construction of a 450 bed hospital is underway and Director Itagi insists that it will be upgraded to a 1000 bed hospital once NMC approval for post graduate education has been obtained.

Meanwhile, another proposal for the transformation of the college hospital with super-specialty facilities is being explored. The college intake is likely to be increased to 200 with 80 per cent of the medical seats reserved for the Kalkyan-Karnataka region under the special status, Itagi added.

This is a welcome news, especially in the wake of the COVID pandemic, which highlighted the dearth of medical institutions in our country.