Rajeswari Academic Block
Rajeswari Academic Block
First-of-its-kind, free medical college will be constructed by November 2022 in rural district Chikkaballapur, Karnataka where the doctor to patient ratio is 1:11,340 (WHO recommends 1:1000). This college will change the landscape of rural healthcare by providing free medical education to deserving rural students from underprivileged families.
The salient features are:
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In the rural, for the rural, by the rural. Meaning-located in a rural area, for the rural healthcare, delivered by students who come from rural areas
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100 rural students will be enrolled annually
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Values-based education and compassionate care training
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Clinical training in hospitals that provide free medical services to all:
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300-bedded multi-specialty Sarla Memorial Hospital
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400-bedded multi-specialty Hospital (under construction)
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The Medical College as well as the affiliated hospitals are completely free of cost.
Only payback is gratitude
Key Milestones
December 2021
Land purchased for academic block and teaching hospital
January
2022
Permits obtained & land surveys completed.
February 2022
Foundation work commenced
May
2022
Basement completed
July
2023
Intake of first batch of MBBS students
March 2023
Construction to be completed
Rural Students for Rural Impact
Free Education and Rural Medical Service
Admissions
Selection only given to students from rural India belonging to families with poor socio-economic background.
Undergraduate medical education and rural service
5 years of education leading to an MBBS degree followed by 5 years of rural medical service.
Post-graduate medical education and rural service
3 years of speciality education leading to an MD/MS degree followed by 3 years of rural medical service
AND
3 years of super-speciality education leading to a DM/MCh degree followed by 3 years of rural medical service.