Father Muller Medical College, () located about a kilometre from the National Highway-66 (the
Mumbai
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Mangalore
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highway) at Kankanady in
Mangalore
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, is a religious minority educational institution forming a part of the
Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI).
History
Fr. Muller's
Hospital
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opened its doors to the people of
South Canara
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in 1880. It started when Fr. Augustus Muller S.J, a
German
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priest
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dispensed
homeopathic
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medicines under a
Banyan
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tree. It went on to become a
Leprosy
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hospital (now known as the St Joseph's Leprosy Hospital) and then into a fully fledged hospital. It started the School of
Nursing
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which offered diplomas in General Nursing and
Midwifery
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(GNM) and later College of Nursing which offered degree in Bachelor of Nursing Science.
In 1989, Fr. Muller Institute of Medical Education and Research was duly constituted. Fr. Muller's Institute of Medical Education and Research (FMIMER) started in 1991 with
postgraduate
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courses and then went on to include other courses under its banner, including the Bachelors in
Physiotherapy
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(1994–95), M.Sc in Hospital Administration (1996) and
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
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(MBBS) course in 1999. It was thereby was raised to the status of Medical College.
Father Muller college has installed college management software for workflow automation of the entire campus to help the streamline the campus processes and benefit the management, faculty manage the college workflow and students as well as parents to effectively communicate with the management and faculty.
Fr. Muller's also boasts of a beautiful chapel — the
St. Joseph
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's
Chapel
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, inaugurated in 2005 — the post-Centennial silver jubilee year of Fr. Muller Charitable Institutions.
Administration
The college is fully run by the Diocese of Mangalore with its president being Most Rev. Dr. Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop Of Mangalore. Others in the administration include:
* Rev Fr.Richard Coelho — Director, F.M.C.I.
* Dr.Anthony Sylvian D'Souza — Dean
* Rev. Fr. Ajith Menezes — Administrator, Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital
Attached teaching hospitals
The college is affiliated to Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital.
They have another attached hospital at Thumbay, Mangalore called Father Muller Hospital, Thumbay which acts as a rural connect as well as post graduate training hospital.
The college rural health care centre is located at Mullerkad, near Kavoor.
Students and interns posted in the Department of Community Medicine undergo postings at public health centres in
Surathkal
Surathkal is one of the major localities in the northern part of Mangalore city located on NH-17, National highway 66 (previously as NH-17) in the Dakshina Kannada, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of Arabian sea. ...
and Jeppu as well as rural hospitals in
Belthangady
Belthangady is a town panchayat and the headquarters of Belthangady taluk of the Dakshina Kannada (South Canara) district of Karnataka state in India.
Demographics
In 2001 in the town of Belthangady, 11% of the population was under 6 years o ...
, Badyar in
Dakshina Kannada
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district and
Honnavar
Honnavar is a town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India.
History
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,
Uttara Kannada
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district.
The college conducts regular health camps from in far-flung areas in and around
Dakshina Kannada
Dakshina Kannada district is a district of Karnataka state in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangalore. It is part of the larger Tulu Nadu region. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east ...
and
Udupi
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districts.
Undergraduate courses
The college offers a four-and-a-half-year
MBBS
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course affiliated to
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
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with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 150 seats: 40% admissions are through a state level CET, 40% through the COMED-K entrance test, 15% through the NRI quota and 5% through the Management discretionary quota.
The college offers courses in B.P.T. (Bachelors in Physiotherapy), B.Sc. M.L.T. (Medical Laboratory Technology), B.A.S.L.P. (Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology) and B.Sc. Radiography.
Postgraduate courses
Postgraduate degree (
MD/
MS) and diploma in specialties which include Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Radio-diagnosis, Psychiatry and Pathology and master's degree (M.Sc) in Hospital Administration.
Events
The one event that manages to capture the imagination of the Mullerians is the yearly interclass competition, named "Big Bang" in 2003, "The Quest" in 2004, "The Arena" in 2005, "The Conquest" in 2006, "The Apocalypse" in 2007, "Chakravyuh" in 2008, "Argonautica" in 2009 and "Solaris" in 2010.
Fr. Muller's also conducts an inter-college competition known as the "Mullerfest" annually.
Every year Fr. Muller's holds several events. One was "Deca Fest" in 2010. It concluded on 21 February 2010 after about 30 scheduled events.
The college organises sporting events which include
Football
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,
Basketball
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,
Throwball
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Throwball is popular in Asia, especially on the Indian subcontinent, and was first played in India as a women's sport in Chenna ...
,
Volleyball
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,
Badminton
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,
Table-Tennis
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and athletic meet "Velocity" at interclass and intercollegiate level (
RGUHS
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Mysore
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Zone tournaments).
As many as 576 students belonging to different streams received degrees during the Graduation Ceremony and Institutions’ Day of Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI) on 13 March 2015.
References
External links
Fr. Muller Charitable Institutions – Official siteDepartment of Psychiatric Nursing — Official siteFather Muller College of Nursing Silver Jubilee Website
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Medical colleges in Karnataka
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