Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Satish, Principal of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), emphasised the urgent need for dedicated Palliative Care Units in all District Government Hospitals and Medical Colleges across the country to support patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses. He was speaking at the ‘Light of Hope’ awareness rally organised at J.K. Grounds as part…
MMC&RI to offer DrNB in Surgical Oncology
September 9, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), New Delhi, has granted accreditation to the Department of Surgical Oncology, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), to offer super specialty DrNB (Doctorate of National Board) in Surgical Oncology. The NBEMS has allocated two seats for the Department of Surgical Oncology of the institute,…
MMC&RI gets 50 more medical seats
September 4, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The long-pending demand for sanctioning additional medical seats at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) has finally been fulfilled, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) approving the institute’s request. Following the NMC’s approval, MMC&RI will receive 50 additional MBBS seats starting this academic year, increasing the total intake from 200 to 250 seats….
MMC&RI outsourced employees call off strike
May 4, 2025Mysuru: 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…










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