The two-day visit of the Medical Council of India (MCI) team for approval of the proposed Doon Medical College (DMC) ended on Wednesday. The ball is now in the court of the MCI to give the all-important approval to the college after which the DMC can enroll students for the I st year of the MBBS course.
On Wednesday, the team of the MCI inspected the academic and administrative blocks of the medical college at Patel Nagar. The team members also prepared a detailed report on the facilities available in the college. It is learnt that another MCI team would inspect the college after two months and check the progress on the shortcomings pointed out by the first team. This is expected to give a breathing time to the authorities of the DMC to complete all the formalities.
When contacted the Principal of the College, Dr Pradeep Bharati sounded very optimistic after the visit of the team of MCI. “It appeared that the members were satisfied by the preparations and facilities. I am hopeful that the MCI would give nod to the college and the new medical college would start soon,’’ Bharati said. The Principal further added that 30 members of the faculty have joined their duties and others are expected to follow suit soon. The walk in interviews for the post of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors were held on December 26 to 28 at directorate of medical education.
The team of MCI would submit its report to the MCI based on which the apex body would take its decision on the fate of the DMC. The team which consisted of Dr RK Maheshwari of Swai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College Jaipur, Dr S Vishwanathan of Stanley Medical College, Chennai and Dr Vinay Agarwal of Meerut Medical College completed its inspection and returned back on Wednesday.
The DMC is coming up different locations of the city. The Doon hospital and Doon women hospital are now part of DMC. A multi story Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Medical College is being constructed near Tehsil Chowk in the city. The administrative and academic buildings of the college are constructed at Dehra Khas area located in Patel Nagar. The Uttar Pradesh Nirman Nigam limited is given the task of constructing the building of medical college the total project cost of which is about `383 crores.