A native of Belagavi, he was studying at MMC&RI Mysore/Mysuru: With just months to go to become a doctor, a final year MBBS student died in a road accident in city last midnight. He was on his two-wheeler without a helmet during night curfew hours and had earphones plugged in. The victim has been identified…
MBBS seats in MMC&RI may go up by 100 seats next year
November 13, 2021Institute seeking an increase from the current 150 to 250 seats Mysore/Mysuru: The number of Under-Graduate Medical seats (MBBS) in Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), the first one in the State and among the oldest Medical Colleges in the country, is expected to go up by 100 from the next academic year (2022-23),…
Day-3: MMC&RI PG students, Interns and Senior Residents continue protest
November 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) Post Graduate (PG) students, interns and Senior Residents (SRs) are on the third day of strike today demanding payment of full COVID risk allowance (Rs. 10,000 per month) which was assured to them by the Government. Even after the end of second wave of the pandemic, COVID…
Day-2: Resident Doctors stage protest in front of DC Office
November 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning marked the second day of the indefinite stir launched by Resident Doctors of MMC&RI. The Resident Doctors, under the banner of Resident Doctors Association, had launched an indefinite stir at K.R. Hospital premises yesterday, alleging that they were not paid their salaries…
Resident Doctors oppose salary cuts
November 11, 2021Government pays only Rs. 35,000 of promised Rs. 50,000 Takes back COVID allowance with two-month deductions Mysore/Mysuru: After raising their voice against the Government that is not releasing their salaries and incentives despite putting in long hours of service under risky conditions, Resident Doctors, attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), began their…
Breathing easy after COVID tsunami
October 10, 2021But pandemic has not petered out as yet; be on guard, warn doctors Every crisis has its heroes and the doctors and nurses of hospitals, especially Government Hospitals in Mysuru have won accolades for their selflessness and sacrifice in their relentless fight against COVID-19. While on one hand people are largely confined to their homes…
Counselling for Nursing Course admission begins
October 5, 2021Document verification and counselling taking place for the first time outside Bengaluru Hundreds of candidates from 4 districts expected to attend the four-day drive in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: The document verification and counselling for eligible students seeking admission to 3-year GNM Course (Diploma Course in Nursing and Midwifery) under Government quota seats, began at Mysore Medical…
Junior doctors demand salary for COVID work
September 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Junior Residents, who are pressed into service for 24×7 COVID care in Hospitals including emergencies at the behest of the Government, are not getting their salaries and incentives despite putting in long hours of service under risky conditions. This morning, Resident doctors attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) held a protest…
MMC&RI gets 12 new equipment
September 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: “Department of Ophthalmology of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) will be handed over more than 12 new equipment and felicitating those who secured gold medals in Ophthalmology from RGUHS, at Meeting Hall of K.R. Hospital on Sept. 13 at 3 pm,” informed Dean and Director of MMC&RI, Dr. C.P. Nanjaraj. Addressing a…
‘Third wave of COVID may affect 5 percent of kids in district’
July 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. M.R. Savitha, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and Children’s Covid Officer at Cheluvamba Hospital, Mysuru, has predicted that 5 percent of kids in district may be affected by third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. “The first wave and the second wave had affected two to three percent of…
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