Karnataka > Medical Education
The erstwhile State of Mysore started the Medical School in Bangalore in 1917. It was under the control of a senior surgeon of the Medical Department. A training of four years duration prepared candidates for the Licentiate in Medical Practice (LMP) course. The first Medical College preparing students for the MBBS Course was begun in 1929 at Bangalore. These two institutions were run for the next six years with a common teaching staff. The Medical College was shifted to Mysore in 1930 and the school remained in Bangalore and was subsequently closed in 1956. The Mysore College was expanded in 1940.
The Bangalore Medical College was formed in 1954. Later the Kasturba Medical College at Manipal and the Karnataka Medical College at Hubli were started in 1953 and 1956 respectively. By 1980, there were in all 12 Medical colleges in the state, out of which four were Government and eight were private. The Government Medial College, Bellary (1961) has been granted autonomous status in 1995. The All-India Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences at Bangalore offers P.G.Courses in M.D.(Pay.Md-) and M.Ch(Neuro-Surgery). The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing located at Mysore makes use of non-clinical facilities in the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology at Mysore Medical College as well as clinicl facilities in the Departments of ENT and Neurology at the Mysore K.R. Hospital.
For the year 1993-94 there were 19 Medical Colleges of which four were Government institutions. The number of Dental Colleges was 41, of which one was a Government institutions. A total of 61 Pharmacy colleges including the Government College of Pharmacy at Bangalore and the 11 Nursing Colleges including the Government Nursing College, at Bangalore were working in the state. In addition to them, there are Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Unani Medical Colleges which have been offering degrees in the respective fields of medicine. There are 16 colleges of Ayurvedic medicine in the state of which the College of Indian Medicine Mysore (1908) and the Jayachamarajendra College of Indian Medicine, Bangalore (1967) are run by the government. Thirteen colleges are run by private managements of which those at Belgaum, Bijapur, Hubli, Udupi and Dharmasthala are among the earliest. There are three Homeopathic Colleges in the State offering L.C.E.H. and G.C.E. degrees. The only Unani College of Medicione (1975) is located at Bangalore and offers B.U.M.S. Degree of Five and a half years.
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