Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, established in 2017, is a full-fledged tertiary government medical college and hospital. It is located at

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. This college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). The hospital associated with the college is one of the largest in Balasore district. The admission to the college is based on merit through

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. Yearly undergraduate student intake is 100 from the year 2017. Former Union Minister Srikant Jena is widely credited to have got sanctioned grant for establishing this medical college by the UPA 2 government. It's the sixth government medical college of Odisha. FMMCH stands at second position after

Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, also known as S.C.B Medical College and Hospital, is a public medical college in Cuttack, Odisha, India. It is named after Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo, a ruler of was of the Mayurbhanj State, Ma ...

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, in terms of patients' load and regarded as 2nd largest hospital and college in Odisha according to

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(published on newspaper). It is one of the preferred medical colleges among the new medical colleges, due to its close proximity to the main town.

Courses

Fakir Mohan Medical College, Odisha undertakes education and training of students in DM

Affiliations

The college is affiliated with the

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and is recognized by the

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References

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