Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela is a private medical college and teaching hospital located in Rourkela, in the Sundargarh district of Odisha, India. It is one of the institutions operated under the Hi-Tech group of medical and educational establishments in Odisha, the other major unit being located in Bhubaneswar.
| Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private medical college and teaching hospital |
| Location | Rourkela, Sundargarh district, Odisha, India |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Health Sciences university in Odisha |
| Discipline | Medicine and allied health sciences |
Overview
The institution functions as a combined medical college and hospital, providing undergraduate medical education along with clinical services through its attached teaching hospital. As a private medical school, it admits students through the centralised entrance and counselling processes applicable to medical admissions in India.
Background
Rourkela, where the college is situated, is an industrial city in western Odisha known for the Rourkela Steel Plant and as a regional centre for healthcare and education in the Sundargarh region. The Hi-Tech group established the Rourkela campus to extend its medical education and tertiary healthcare presence beyond its earlier base in Bhubaneswar.
Academics
The college offers the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme, taught through pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical departments standard to Indian medical curricula. Clinical training is conducted in the attached hospital, which provides inpatient and outpatient services across major specialties.
Hospital
The teaching hospital attached to the college serves as the clinical training facility for students and provides multi-specialty healthcare services to patients from Rourkela and the surrounding districts of western Odisha and adjoining areas of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Significance
As a private medical college in western Odisha, the institution contributes to medical education capacity in a region historically served by a smaller number of medical colleges compared with the coastal belt of the state. Its presence in Rourkela complements public-sector medical institutions in the region.
Related topics
- Rourkela
- Sundargarh district
- Medical education in India
- List of medical colleges in India
- Health in Odisha
- Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar
References
- Wikidata: Q19891707