MKCG Medical College and Hospital

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The Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital, Bramhapur - 760004, Ganjam, Orissa is popularly known as MKCG Medical College and Hospital, this government medical college and hospital started functioning in the years 1962 and 1966 repectively, as the Medical College, Berhampur. Subsequently, both the Medical College and the attached Hospital were renamed after the Late Maharaja of Parlakhemundi, Ganjam, as the Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital.

Operating successfully with 23 Clinical Departments, 8 Non-Clinical & Para-Clinical Departments and with 800 beds, it imparts medical education to 107 Undergraduate Students, 65 Post-Graduate Medical Students, 20 Diploma Students in Medical Laboratory Technology and 10 Diploma Students in Medical Radiation Technology. A tele-medicine unit, provided by the ISRO, is also operational.

This Medical College & Hospital, being the only major medical institution in Southern Orissa, also serves as a Referral Hospital. A Blood Bank is located in a separate building within the medical compound. Recently the building for Regional Diagnostic Centre was completed and it is ready to start functioning with facilities for a variety of sophisticated diagnosis and investigation. The Hospital has also started working on two new separate buildings, dedicated to Trauma Centre and a new, improved, Neurology Department. Within the compound there is a Forensic & Toxicology Department, and a new, upgraded, Mortuary is being built.

Separate buildings are earmarked for the students to stay during their studies, viz Gents Hostel No.I , Gents Hostel No.II ,Ladies Hostel No.I , Ladies Hostel No.II , House Surgeons' Hostel ,P.G.Hostel No.I and P.G.Hostel No.II.

The Gents' Hostel I is the oldest and closest to the college buildings. It has 121 rooms,out of which 71 rooms are single rooms & rest are double rooms. The Hostel has its own Temple, 2 Mess, a Canteen, a small garden, a well functioning laundry, a tv room and a magazine room.

Residential quarters are provided inside the campus for the teaching and non-teaching staff of both the College and the Hospital.

The College has recently renovated the garden and is adding a food parlour inside the garden for use of the staff & students.

There is a Post-Office inside the campus and a Branch of the State Bank of India is located in a separate building near the college buildings.

This medical college has the largest campus of all three government medical colleges in Orissa, but it lacks fencing to demarcate its entire boundary.