MBBS course in Jumla

 The Himalayan Times

9 December 2021

MBBS course in Jumla

It was wonderful news to read “Jumla welcomes first batch of students for MBBS course” (THT, December 7, Page 1). Ten years after the establishment of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), medical education and services have finally begun in Jumla, one of the least developed districts in the mid-western region of the nation. It is now no longer inaccessible in terms of medical education and health care. A decade after its inception, the KAHS has launched the much-awaited MBBS classes and services with much vigour, enrolling the first batch of students for the medical course. 

 With this new move, it is natural for the local people, who were deprived of getting basic health services for decades, to have high expectation from this new medical college. The Academy has begun the MBBS classes based on the decision of the Medical Education Commission to allow it to admit 20 MBBS students. Of these total 20 students, 15 students, who made through the Medical Education Commission’s integrated entrance examination, have received admission on full scholarship while the remaining five students will be admitted on fee paying basis.

In fact, the government had set up the institute in 2068 BS at Khalanga in Jumla district headquarters with the aim of providing medical education and health services in the remote areas of Karnali province. However, its decision could not materialise for different reasons. Now, it is hoped that this medical college will start producing human resources to meet the national requirement for providing better and accessible healthcare to the people of the remote areas. The successful implementation of this medical course will, however, depend on the management team, who must show commitment and sincerity towards their responsibility rather than engaging in corruptions as seen in other state-owned hospitals and medical colleges.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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