Dr. Sone Lal Patel Autonomous State Medical College is a government medical college and teaching hospital located in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is part of a series of autonomous state medical colleges established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to expand undergraduate medical education and tertiary healthcare access in the state's smaller districts.
| Name | Dr. Sone Lal Patel Autonomous State Medical College |
|---|---|
| Type | Autonomous state medical college |
| Location | Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Named after | Sone Lal Patel |
The college is named after Sone Lal Patel, the founder of the Apna Dal political party, who hailed from Uttar Pradesh. Naming the institution in his memory reflects the state government's practice of dedicating new public medical colleges to regional political and social figures.
The institution functions as an autonomous body, a model adopted by Uttar Pradesh for several new district-level medical colleges. Under this model, each college is governed by its own society or board while operating within the framework of state policy and central regulatory bodies for medical education.
As a state medical college, the institution is intended to offer the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme, with admissions conducted through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The attached hospital provides outpatient, inpatient, emergency and specialty services for residents of Pratapgarh and surrounding areas, serving as a referral centre in the eastern Uttar Pradesh region.
The establishment of a medical college in Pratapgarh contributes to the broader policy goal of ensuring that every district of Uttar Pradesh has access to a government medical college. This is expected to improve tertiary healthcare delivery in a predominantly rural region and to expand the supply of medical graduates trained within the state.