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Bangalore Medical College
Bangalore Medical College, now renamed Bangalore Medical College
and Research Institute, popularly known as BMC, is a medical college run
by the Government of Karnataka. It is located on K.R. Road, near City
Market. It is the only government medical college in Bangalore and one of
10 in Karnataka. BMC is an autonomous institution under the Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences, Jayanagar, Bangalore.
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CAMPUS
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Campus
Basavarajendra Auditorium
Spread over a total area of 200 acres, the campus
includes the academic block, hospitals, library,
hostels, student lounge, food court, gymnasium, a
basketball court, volleyball court , cricket field etc.
The entire campus has access to high speed
internet through WiFi. The boys hostel is located on
Palace Road and the ladies hostel is located in
the campus itself. The postgraduate hostel is
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located in Chamrajpet.
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A digital library and a well equipped seminar hall has been
constructed by the BMC Alumni Association. This digital
library has 80 nodes, which have access to the latest
medical journals and is used by the students and faculty of
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute for
research purposes and to acquire the latest medical
knowledge. A Seminar Hall has been constructed with a
capacity of 280 seats with access to the latest equipment
for Tele-medicine. The Tele-Medicine unit was started in
collaboration with ISRO on the eve of Golden jubilee
celebrations and it makes BMCRI the first Govt. Medical
college to provide this facility in the state of Karnataka.[7]
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The Infosys Foundation has constructed a well equipped 24
hours central laboratory at Victoria Hospital campus which
includes the pathology, microbiology and the biochemistry
labs. It provides the latest diagnostic tests at a subsidised
rates for the poor and needy patients. [9]
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The Centenary building houses new wards, the Nuclear
medicine department with gamma camera and modern
operation theatres. A Dharmashala, on the campus
provides highly subsidized accommodation for patients’
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attendants.
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The Clinical Skills Centre in the BMCRI campus was
inaugurated by Sri Ramadass SA, The Minister for
Medical Education, Karnataka on 17th November
2011. The centre was set up at a cost of 95 lakhs INR
with donations from the alumni, Infosys foundation
and GMR Varalakshmi foundation. The centre offers
hands-on training in Microsurgery techniques
applicable in various super specialties like
laparoscopic surgery, neurosurgery, Plastic surgery,
ENT surgery and Ophthalmology.The mentors at the
centre include teaching faculty from BMCRI, other
medical colleges and private practicing surgeons.
With this, BMCRI became one of the very few centres
in this country to offer this facility and training.[8]
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