Mysuru: The outsourced employees (contract workers) of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) who were protesting against non-payment of wage arrears and demanding minimum wages and other facilities since Friday last in front of the office of Dean and Director and Administrative Officer, called off their stir yesterday evening following an assurance given by…
Continuing Medical Education on Psychodermatology from tomorrow
April 4, 2025Mysuru: The Department of Psychiatry, MMC&RI, will be hosting a two-day mid-term Continuing Medical Education (CME) on ‘Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice’, under the aegis of Karnataka Chapter of Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) at Quorum Hotel on Vinoba Road in city on Apr. 5 and 6. Organising Chairman Dr. B.N. Raveesh said that MMC&RI Dean and…
MMC&RI Hospitals hike medical services fee
April 2, 2025Mysuru: In yet another blow to the common man, who has been heavily burdened with the rise in prices of essential commodities and services, the MMC&RI attached State-run hospitals have hiked fees of almost all health care services by at least 5 percent. Various medical services at K.R. Hospital, Cheluvamba and Krishnajammanni TB Hospital and…
Call for publishing medical books in Kannada
November 9, 2024Mysuru: Noted Psychologist and Padma Shri award winner Dr. C.R. Chandrashekar has stressed on the need for publishing medical books in Kannada as it will largely help in providing medical information to the masses and sharing the experiences of Doctors in their profession. He was speaking on the second day of the two-day ‘Dhamani-2024’ programme…
Government Hospitals have more knowledgeable doctors: CM
September 29, 2024Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) of the city which is celebrating its centenary, has the distinction of producing as many as 9,000 doctors in its 100 years of existence. He was speaking after inaugurating the valedictory of the MMC&RI Centenary celebrations and Foundation stone laying for…
Ultra Modern CT scan facility at Trauma Care Centre
August 30, 2024Mysuru: Even as the MMC&RI is gearing up for its centenary celebrations scheduled next month, the Trauma Care Centre, one of the five attached Hospitals of MMC&RI in the city, is getting readied for the inauguration of an Ultra Modern CT Scan Unit. The CT Scan Unit at the Trauma Care Centre located on KRS…
Renovated meeting hall of MMC&RI inaugurated
August 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The newly renovated meeting hall at the Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) Platinum Jubilee Auditorium at J.K. Grounds was inaugurated yesterday by Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor Dr. K.B. Ganapathy. The renovation was funded by a Rs. 12 lakh donation from Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, Hon. President of the Mysore…
3-day valedictory of MMC&RI centenary fete from Sept. 27
August 21, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day valedictory function of Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) centenary celebrations will be held from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29. Presiding over the preliminary meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office recently, District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa sought information about the preparations being made for the function besides instructing the…
Dilapidated hostel building: 122 nursing students live in constant fear
July 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: It is haven turned hazardous. In the heart of Mysuru, a group of 122 nursing students are living in fear, residing in a hostel that has become a symbol of neglect and danger. Parents of these students have urged the authorities to immediately shift their children to a safer building. The hostel, part of…
MMC&RI doctors’ quarters pose safety risks amid neglect
June 11, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: “Vaidyo Narayano Harihi” is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “The doctor is an embodiment of God.” While Gods reside safely in temples, the doctors and senior staff at the century-old Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) are left in a precarious situation with inadequate shelter. MMC&RI has built residential complexes for doctors and senior…
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