By Dr. H.V. Shivaram, Head, Department of Surgery, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru There is a message in this article… Dr. C.G. Narasimhan, well-known Surgeon of our city, forwarded this article about a junior doctor doing his internship in Mysore many years ago and how the then renowned Surgeon of K.R. Hospital Dr. C.B. Murthy saved…
By Dr. C.G. Narasimhan [Continued from yesterday] Honorary System means appointing private practicing Specialists in Government Hospitals giving a nominal fee of Rs.100. Earlier to the Honorary System established in Victoria Hospital from 1960 itself it was flourishing very well in Madras and Bombay States. It was introduced in K.R. Hospital in 1965 to facilitate…
By Dr. C.G. Narasimhan Mysore Medical College (MMC) was first started in 1924 at Bangalore. Later in 1930 it was shifted to Mysore city at the behest of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. MBBS degree of the College was recognised by the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 1933. Earlier to 1924, there was a Mysore University…
Title: “Challenges of a Tropical Forester for Sustainable Development Author: A.C. Lakshmana Pages: 136 Price: Rs. 200 Publisher: A.C. Lakshmana My esteemed friend A.C. Lakshmana IFS, a retired Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, gave this book “Challenges of a Tropical Forester for Sustainable Development” for my perusal. Basically a son of a farmer, he…
By Dr. C.G. Narasimhan Getting admission to the medical course in the then Mysore State was a dream come true those days in 1950s. There were only two medical colleges. Mysore Medical College was started in 1924 while the Bangalore Medical College was just then started in the year 1955. Though Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore…
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