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`Upgrade medical college under Central scheme'

Staff Correspondent

Alumni association welcomes Centre's decision

MYSORE: Alumni of Mysore Medical College have urged Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to take steps to upgrade the college to the level of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) under the Prime Minister's Swastha Suraksha Scheme.

Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, President of the Mysore Medical College Alumni Association G.S. Venkatesh welcomed the Centre's decision to establish an institution of learning of AIIMS standard in the State by upgrading an existing institution and urged Mr. Kumaraswamy to consider Mysore Medical College for the scheme.

Dr. Venkatesh said the Government Medical College was a premier institution and the seventh medical college to be set up in the country. Unfortunately, it lacked modern facilities. This led to a deficiency in services provided to patients visiting the college hospital.

"There is a dire need to enhance the quality of medical education offered to undergraduates, postgraduates and paramedical personnel," he said.

Association secretary C. Rajan said Mysore could be an ideal location to have such an institution.

"We desire and wish to have in our midst an institute of AIIMS standard named as either Vaidya Gangothri or Dhanwantri Institute of Medical Sciences under the scheme," he added.

The alumni association has suggested Aloka or the German Press as possible locations to set up the institute.

Dr. Venkatesh and Dr. Rajan sought to discourage the State Government from setting up such a premier medical institution in Bangalore.

"Bangalore is full to its brim and saturated with hi-tech medical institutions and autonomous institutes. There is hardly any scope for establishing or upgrading a medical institute in a city which is overcrowded with people and vehicles," Dr. Venkatesh said.

Mysore would be a strategic choice for such an institute, Dr. Rajan said.

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