It operates with 23 clinical departments, 8 non-clinical and para-clinical departments and with 1190 beds. A tele-medicine unit, provided by the ISRO, is operational. It imparts medical education to 250
undergraduate students, 116
post-graduate medical students, 2 DM (cardiology) and 2 DM (endocrinology) superspeciality students, 80
diploma students in medical laboratory technology and 30 diploma students in medical radiation technology. MKCG Medical College and Hospital, being the only major medical institution in Southern
Odisha, also serves as a referral hospital. A
blood bank is in a separate building in the medical compound. Recently the building for Regional Diagnostic Centre was completed, and it is ready to start functioning with facilities for a variety of sophisticated diagnosis and investigation. The hospital has two new buildings, dedicated to a trauma centre and an improved
neurology department. Within the compound there is a forensic and
toxicology department; a new, upgraded,
mortuary, in addition to this there is a new orthopaedics building; a new paediatrics building; and a new medicine building. There has been much infrastructure development like the Central Library, New Casualty Department, Microbiology Department and Oncology Department. The Central Library is sanctioned with a budget of 9 crore. The building is designed according to AIIMS style. It has five floors with complete AC . Opens for 8 am to 10 pm daily in working days. (9 am to 4 pm in 2nd nd 4th Saturday nd Sunday) It has academic block of 4 floor building having 4 well designed centrally air conditioning lecture theatres and 4 examination hall. Also a 650 seated seminar hall named as lt 650 with Central Ac . A nicely designed 2500 seated auditorium is also present. Residential quarters are provided on the campus for the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college and hospital. This medical college has the largest campus of the government medical colleges in Odisha.
Undergraduate courses MKCG offers the four and half year
MBBS course with one year compulsory rotating internship in affiliated hospitals to a maximum of 250 students per year. Admission to this college in MBBS course is extremely competitive and strictly on the basis of merit after occupation by caste reservation. Out of 250, 38 seats are filled through all India quota of
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test conducted by the
NTA and the remaining 212 seats are filled through the state quota through a series of counselling. State quota students can apply through
OJEE website. ==Student life==