Pune: Doctor couple set up study room, maintain garden & washrooms at BJMC hostel

PUNE: Students at the state-run B J Medical College, attached to the Sassoon General Hospital, have expressed jubilance over the new study room at the institution’ hostel.

The facility can accommodate 160 students in addition to 250 that the college’s library can house for study purposes. “The new study room on the top floor of the hostel building will make a huge difference, especially to those who stay on the college campus,” said Pratik Ingle, a student, and senior general secretary at the B J Medical College (BJMC).

The BJMC has close to 900 students at graduation and post-graduation levels. Over 600 of them stay at the hostel on the college campus.

Dr Ravindra Bhosale, the general secretary of the hostel management committee at the BJMC, said, “The sprawling study room with air-conditioners and generator backup will help more students prepare well for exams.”

Dr Vijay Jadhav, rector, BJMC hostel, said, “I spent five years at the BJMC hostel. I understand the struggle that the hostel students face. The new study room will benefit many.”

The institute’s alumni, Dr Ashwin Porwal and Dr Snehal Porwal, came forward and raised the study room at the college hostel. The couple have also taken up the responsibility of the upkeep of the hostel’s garden and washrooms by deploying dedicated manpower as another initiative under their Healing Hands Foundation.

“We received the request regarding setting up the study room from the college students on June 15. We executed the entire project by September 1, spending Rs20 lakh,” said Dr Ashwin Porwal.

Both, Dr Ashwin Porwal and Dr Snehal Porwal, studied at the BJMC. “I am the alumnus of the 1998 batch and my wife is from the 2000 batch,” he said.