Wenlock District Hospital is a hospital in

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. Established in 1848, it was acquired by the Madras government in 1891. It contains more than 1000 beds . It is a teaching hospital of the

Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, together known as KMC, are two private medical colleges in coastal Karnataka, India, established in 1953.Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock (12 May 1849 – 15 January 1912) was a British soldier, Liberal politician and colonial administrator who was the Governor of Madras from 1891 to 1896. Early life Lawley was the son of Beilby Lawley, 2nd Bar ...

was established in 1848 during the British Raj when Mangalore was a part of the Madras Presidency. After India's independence, the hospital came under control of the Madras State. In 1955,

T. M. A. Pai Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai (30 April 1898 – 29 May 1979), was an Indian physician, educationist, banker and philanthropist, most well-known for building the university town of Manipal, India. He was the first to start a private, self-fina ...

, the founder of

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established the Kasturba Medical College with Wenlock Hospital as the teaching hospital. Mangalore became a part of the Mysore state in 1956.

Teaching Hospital

The hospital is India's oldest example of a public-private partnership in medical education. KMC Mangalore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Karnataka to use the hospital as a teaching hospital and the college provides healthcare staff and laboratory facilities. The state, through the Karnataka Examinations Authority is the counselling authority for 20% of the MBBS seats at KMC Mangalore.

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Teaching Hospital

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