Medical seats increased from 150 to 200
Students aspiring to get into Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) here to pursue their degree, have some good news. This year, they have additional 50 seats on offer. The existing strength was 150. With that KIMS has become the second government medical college in Karnataka after Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute (BMC) to offer more seats for the graduate medical course.
According to Director of KIMS, Dr. Dattatreya Bant, the efforts by the institute in upgrading the infrastructure and meeting other parameters had finally yielded results. “From the academic year 2017-18, 50 more seats will be available in the seat matrix for admission.”
He said that according to his information, of the 40 plus medical colleges which had applied for increase in intake, only KIMS had been permitted among government medical colleges.
Second visit
A team of the Medical Council of India (MCI) visited KIMS twice before according the approval. After the first visit it had pointed out the deficiencies, which were rectified before the second visit and the team was satisfied, Dr. Bant said.
As per the criteria, a medical college and hospital should have in-patient capacity between 500 to 1,000 and the outpatient department should have an inflow of at least 2,000 per day.
KIMS now has a staff strength of 1,100 of which the teaching staff strength is 333. Quality of teaching and the staff strength, number of medical conferences, seminars and workshops conducted by the institute are the other aspects that MCI considers while considering an application for increase in intake.
