Shubhlaxmi Padhi Tops First Professional MBBS Examination In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Shubhlaxmi Padhi of Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College, Bhawanipatna, has secured highest marks in the first professional MBBS examination-2023-24, the results of which was declared by Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) on Tuesday.

While 1586 students appeared for the exam, Shubhlaxmi topped with a score of 255 in Physiology followed by Hiranmayee Padmaja Tripathy of MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, with 253 marks in Biochemistry and Pratiksya Paul of Govt Medical College and Hospital, Sundargarh, with 250 marks in Anatomy.

“Today is a historic day for the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department and Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) with the University publishing its first-ever result for the professional MBBS annual examination for the batch 2023-24. The Vice-Chancellor and the officers controlling the examination have done a great job by publishing the results within ten days of the examination,” Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said during a function held at the OUHS Campus here.

Strengthening its national and international collaborations, the OUHS also signed MoUs with ICMR-RMRC Bhubaneswar, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Bhubaneswar, and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Nursing Stream.

The Minister further stated that the state government is all set to include Odisha in the National Digital Health Mission and will carry out digital mapping of patients’ data, The minister also noted that a Unified Identity Card will be issued to the patients following the digital mapping.

“It will contain all the information related to the disease of the patients, which will help the doctors to serve the patients in a better way,” he added.