NMC approves 24 PG seats in Bhubaneswar’s Capital Hospital

The 24 postgraduate medical (MD/MS) seats belong to six specialties – obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine, surgery, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, and orthopaedics department. Admission shall commence from the 2022-2023 academic year. 

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given its final approval for 24 postgraduate medical seats in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar. 

As per a report published in Medical Dialogues, these 24 postgraduate medical (MD/MS) seats belong to six specialties – obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine, surgery, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, and orthopaedics department.  

5 seats allotted for obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine  

The NMC has given a green signal for five seats each for the obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine and surgery departments, while for paediatrics, respiratory medicine and orthopaedics, four, three and two seats have been approved, respectively. 

Admission in these new MD/MS seats shall commence from the 2022-2023 academic session. A tweet on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Twitter handle read, “In a major boost to health sector in #Odisha, @NMC_IND has given final permission to start post-graduate courses in PGIMER and Capital Hospital.” The CMO also tweeted that the MBBS course will also start with 100 seats each in Sundargarh Government Medical College and Keonjhar Government Medical College. “The state government will provide all infrastructural facilities such as teaching and non-teaching staff, buildings, equipment, hospital facilities as per the NMC norms,” said the CMO. 

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