Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital FAQs 2026 Admissions 2026, Courses, Fees & Cutoffs

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MKCG offers 159 PG seats across 23 MD/MS disciplines — the largest PG program in any Odisha government medical college. Disciplines include General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, OBG, Orthopaedics, Radiodiagnosis, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Anaesthesiology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Community Medicine, Forensic Medicine, TB & Respiratory, Geriatric Medicine, and others. Super Specialty: DM Cardiology (2 seats) and DM Endocrinology (2 seats) — total 4 SS seats. PG admissions: 50% AIQ via MCC + 50% Odisha State Quota via OJEE. Most competitive PG: MD Radiodiagnosis (AIQ closing rank 57 in 2022).

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MKCG Hospital operates with 1,190 beds across 23 clinical + 8 non-clinical departments — the largest government hospital in Southern Odisha and a primary tertiary referral centre for the region. It sees thousands of daily OPD patients from Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Kandhamal, Rayagada, and parts of Andhra Pradesh/Telangana. Facilities: 10-bed ICU, 5-bed ICCU, 24×7 emergency OT, 24×7 blood bank (separate building), Regional Diagnostic Centre (advanced diagnostics), Trauma Centre (new building), new Neurology Department, new Orthopaedics building, new Paediatrics building, new General Medicine building, upgraded Forensic & Toxicology with new mortuary. Super-specialty services: Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Urology, Neurosurgery, CVTS, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery (on designated days). Free diet provided to all indoor patients per Odisha government norms. ISRO Telemedicine unit operational.

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Yes. The 162-acre MKCG campus has extensive hostel facilities: 4 Gents (boys) hostels — GH-1, GH-2, GH-3 (senior UG) and GH-4 (newly inaugurated, for first-year UG students); 3 Ladies (girls) hostels; a House Officers' Hostel (for MBBS interns/House Surgeons); and 3 PG hostels for men (PG-1, PG-2, New PG hostel) and 1 PG hostel for women. All hostels have basic furnishings, mess, reading rooms, and 24-hour security. The campus also has residential quarters for teaching and non-teaching staff.

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MKCG MCH is the only major medical institution and tertiary referral hospital for all of Southern Odisha — covering 6+ districts (Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Malkangiri) and serving patients from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well. The college is named after Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (1892–1974) — the former Maharaja of Parlakhemundi, Ganjam, who was the first Prime Minister of Odisha post-independence (before being redesignated Chief Minister with Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab forming the first government). He was a visionary statesman, a major advocate of modern education, women's rights, and social reform in Odisha, and a philanthropist who donated significantly to educational institutions. MKCG's Nursing College is the first nursing college in Odisha (established 1983), and the college campus has the largest footprint of any government medical college in Odisha.