MCD plans to set up new medical college complex at Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis

New Delhi- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has planned to set up a new medical college complex at the cost of Rs 380 crore at Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis (RBIPMT) under the Civil Lines zone in North Delhi. The complex will be developed for MBBS and postgraduate medical college students.

As per TOI report, the present plan is to construct a proper medical college building with laboratories, hostels, staff quarters, a library, an auditorium, and hostel blocks on the RBIPMT Hospital campus.

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According to the proposal submitted by the MCD commissioner, the corporation plans to allocate ₹95 crore annually over the next four years to develop the medical college campus, which will also have a provision for 150 MBBS students and 50 MD/MS seats, reports HT.

Speaking to the TOI, an official said “The proposal also includes increasing the number of MBBS students from 60 to 150 per year and introducing postgraduate courses by adding 50 students per year in a phased manner. A proposal for the construction of the building will be placed in the House for approval and expenditure sanction. It will also include making provisions for recurring expenditure of Rs 95 crore per year (approximately)”, adding that the final nod will be received from the standing committee.

Once the scheme is incorporated, RBIPMT will function as a 'twin medical' facility with Hindu Rao Hospital, the largest tertiary care hospital run by the municipality. This is so, students will get the facility of a medical college at RBTB hospital and practice at Hindu Rao Hospital, the official said.

“The distance from Hindu Rao to the proposed site for the college is about 5 km, hence, well within the National Medical Commission guidelines,” the official added.

The communication submitted by the MCD commissioner said that a cost estimate of ₹380 crore has been prepared based on project reports of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Ram Manohar Lohia hospital with concept design of 250 admissions and per unit cost is estimated to be ₹1.9 crore, adds HT. The proposal said that the corporation may approve the increase in intake of students from 60 MBBS seats to 150 MBBS seats, construction of medical campus with laboratories, hostels, auditoriums, multi-speciality health block, library, staff quarters among other facilities and administrative approval of ₹380 crore for the project.