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MKCG doctor pays MBBS admission fee for poor girl
Orissa POST
|November 18, 2025
Despite severe financial hardship, 21-year-old Monalisa Pradhan of Kandhamal district has realised her dream of studying MBBS after clearing the NEET-UG exam as a doctor from MKCG Medical College and Hospital in the city stepped in to support her by paying her admission fee.
Dr Jagdeep Nayak, an assistant professor in the Department of Anaesthesiology, paid ₹62,950 towards Monalisa’s admission fee at SLN Medical College and Hospital in Koraput. Monalisa, a native of Shikabadi village in Daringbadi, had been working at a garment shop in Berhampur during her Plus II studies to support her elder brother’s medical education.
This story is from the November 18, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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