SJMCH Puri Nears Completion of Teaching Hospital Construction

According to government rules, every medical college needs to have a teaching hospital of its own. In case the teaching hospital is not functional the government permits the medical college to begin classes by utilizing the teaching hospital of nearby colleges.

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As of right now, the medical college’s teaching hospital is the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), puri up till the facilities are operational.

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Earlier Medical Dialogues reported that SJMCH started its academic session from October 2023. As part of the 'Establishment of new medical colleges associated with existing district/referral hospitals' project, the SJMCH is one of five medical colleges that were constructed during Phase I. The Union Government has contributed Rs 567 Cr, or 60% of the total cost of 945 Cr, towards the construction of all the hospitals under the programme. Now that the SJMCH is opened, all five medical colleges are operational.

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