An awareness walkathon on kidney health was organised by Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) in association with Institute of Nephro-Urology, Mysuru Branch (K.R. Hospital campus) as part of World Kidney Day celebrations yesterday. The walkathon was flagged off by MMC&RI Dean and Director Dr. H.N. Dinesh. The walkathon passed through the main thoroughfares…
Pratap Simha meets CM Bommai in New Delhi; urges for administrative approval Mysore/Mysuru: With just days away for the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to make final changes to the Karnataka Budget 2022-2023, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has given his wish-list to the CM in New Delhi. Meeting Bommai yesterday, the MP sought a special…
Mysore/Mysuru: The building of an old English medium school, which was earlier functioning in Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) premises on Seshadri Iyer Road, was demolished this morning to take up developmental works. MMC&RI Dean and Director Dr. H.N. Dinesh, told Star of Mysore that the English medium school which was functioning at…
Infrastructure, drug procurement, doctors, staff ready to handle third wave Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) that functioned like Mysuru’s backbone during the first and second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is all set to face the third wave and simultaneously, the Omicron threat. As the fear of a third wave lingers around…
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…
Institute 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),…
Mysore/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…
Mysore/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…
Government 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…
But 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…
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