FINANCIAL & OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THE STUDENTS OF MEDICAL COLLEGE BARODA

Objective:
  1. To provide financial assistance to the needy students of Medical College Baroda in order to ensure that they are able to complete their studies without much constraints.
  2. In order to provide psychological support to the medical students and resident doctors, invite professional experts.
  3. Any other form of assistance as decided by the Financial Assistance Committee.
Preamble:

Over the last 75 years, data have revealed that on an average, every year, one student leaves the study, and one student every two years commits suicide.

This is certainly not acceptable. This leads to a loss not only to the family, even to the society and to the nation as a whole.

Analysis has shown that the common factors that lead to such a situation, largely include:

  1. Financial constraints
  2. Sudden transition from a school to a college, offering highly professional course. It becomes worse for those students who had studied in Gujarati medium schools.
  3. Social issues like relationship issues and other emotional reasons.
  4. Illnesses, particularly anxiety states are mental depression.
  5. All above may lead to academic decline and failures in examinations. For a very bright student this becomes unacceptable.

Absence of an effective support system and counselling services, the gravity of the situation becomes severe leading to mental breakdown of the students.

Fortunately, all these are preventable causes of the colossal loss of some future doctors. What is required is a well organised support system for students to tide over these crises in their lives.

With the support of almost 10,000 alumni who have settled well in life, Baroda Medical College Alumni Association has decided to take up this activity in its Platinum Jubilee Year. At the same time, they carry enough sensitivity and passion for suffering human beings as an integral part of their profession.

To address this problem, an Initiative entitled, SUPPORT GROUP FOR STUDENTS OF MEDICAL COLLEGE BARODA is being proposed under the tutelage of Baroda Medical College Alumni Association.

The initiative is proposed to function under three subgroups.

  1. Financial Support (only for students of MBBS)
  2. Counselling Cell (for all UG & PG Students)
  3. Career Guidance