The healthcare sector in Karnataka received a boost as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in the budget presented on February 16, announced new projects for Mysuru, Kodagu, and Chamarajanagar districts. The new projects are expected to improve medical and patient care.
The budget has provision for an exclusive outpatient block in the premises of K.R. Hospital – a teaching hospital of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCRI) in Mysuru – in commemoration of the centenary celebrations of one of the oldest medical colleges in India.
This was one of the proposals submitted by the MMCRI as part of ‘centenary projects’. The college was established by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. As part of its 100th anniversary, the institute has been organising various activities, besides improving infrastructure as the previous government had allocated funds.
