First year students of MBBS Batch 36 engaged in an educational debate on Friday 18^th July 2025 at the Pre-Clinical Auditorium. This debate was conducted as a teaching learning activity of the Community Health Strand under the Department of Public Health.

Student debated on the topics;

State hospitals should / should not offer paying facilities (Group A vs Group B)

Population ageing does / does not have a positive impact on development of the society (Group C vs D)

During both debates students used their learning in primary health care, demography, health economics and determinants of health to deliver their arguments. Winners were selected by student votes while technical and content related feedback was provided by the academic staff.