As the Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI), the country’s one of the oldest medical institutions, is gearing up to celebrate its centenary, a special grant has been sought from the Centre for marking the historic occasion.
In this connection, Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, met Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya and urged him to provide financial assistance to the MMCRI for the celebrations and also for the construction of an OPD block on the premises of K.R. Hospital, the teaching hospital of MMCRI.
MMCRI is the 7th medical college in the country and the first in the State to attain the centenary feat, he said, during his meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, August 8.
