As per latest reports, Manipal Health Enterprises is all set to strengthen its footprint all over the country through its Manipal Cure & Care Clinics (MCC),

To attain this aim, MHE has announced that it will make an investment of around Rs 150 crore to establish 30 Manipal Cure and Care Clinics across the country by the next 2-3 years.

In an extraordinary achievement, surgeons at the Kasturba hospital in Manipal have successfully removed a large tumour from the liver weighing over 2.5 kg.

A 14 year-old girl was found to have a tumour in the right lobe of her liver. Since treatment was not available at her home town, the young girl had to approach Kasturba Hospital.

The 10-hour surgery was led by Dr Vijay Kumar head, dept of pediatric surgery, Kasturba hospital. According to Kumar, the size of the tumour, found in the right lobe of the liver, was very rare.

In a significant move, Manipal University has become the country’s first University to have a Medical Simulation Centre.

The University has launched medical simulation to tap the educational advantages as an addition to conventional teaching with patients.

While speaking on this, MU Vice-Chancellor Dr. Raj P Warrier said, “With simulation, there is no risk to patients, realistic clinical scenarios can be reproduced reliably for different trainees, and serious types of medical crises can be duplicated allowing participants to hone their teamwork, leadership, and communication skills.”

A two-day conference of Vice-Chancellors (VC’s) of technical universities in India will be held at the library auditorium of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) from October 11 to 12. The conference will be hosted by the MIT.

Dr S S Pabla, Chairman, Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Committee said, “The conference would aim at drafting a framework for the AICTE curriculum. The conference will also make an effort towards striking a consensus on a 10-point cumulative grade point average system in all the engineering colleges in the country. This is in tune with the internationally accepted practices.”

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under Anbumani Ramadoss asked Manipal University to reduce the intake of students from 500 to 250 at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal and Mangalore from this year. The result: 250 students now face the vista of losing their medical seats.

In its notification issued on September 29, the Ministry informed the colleges that the last date for the transfer of 250 students is September 30. However, as per schedule, the colleges had already completed admissions for 500 medical seats on June 18, 2008.