Manipal Teaching Hospital

Manipal Teaching Hospital
Motto Inspired by Life
Type Private
Established 1994
Parent institution
Kathmandu University
Dean Dr. B. M. Nagpal
Director Dr. P. K. Chakraborty (hospital director)
Management Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG)
Location Deep Heights (college); Phulbari (Hospital)
Pokhara, Nepal
Campus Urban
Alumni Society of Ex-Manipal Students (SEMS-Pokhara)
Affiliations Kathmandu University
Website www.manipal.edu.np

Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH) (मणिपाल टीचिंग हस्पिटल) is the teaching hospital of Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS) and is located in Fulbari, Pokhara, Nepal. It is owned by Manipal Education and Medical Group, MEMG.

Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS), Pokhara was established in 1994 with an MBBS programme. MCOMS was the first private medical institute in Nepal established after liberalization in 1990. MCOMS was conceived after an agreement between Government of Nepal and Manipal Education and Medical Group MEMG in 1992. The MBBS program began in December 1994 with temporary recognition by Nepal Medical Council and Affiliation to Kathmandu University. The first batch passed final MBBS in July 1999 and completed internship in July 2000.

Western Regional Hospital back in 1996 known as Gandaki Zonal Hospital was initially used for clinical teaching purposes. Green Pastures Hospital and Regional Tuberculosis Center are being used till date partially. The 700-bed Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH), Pokhara was inaugurated in 1998 by His Holiness Shree 108 Jagat Guru Shankaracharya. Prof. Dr. O.P Talwar was the first Medical Superintendent of MTH. It was enriched to 865 beds with expansion of services in Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Surgical Oncology.

Courses

MBBS Duration: Five and half years (4 12 years + 1 year internship) MD/MS : 3 academic years MSc (non-clinical) : 2 years BSc Nursing : 4 years PCL Nursing : 3 years

Language of instruction: English

Classes begin: August

20% of the seats are reserved for Government of Nepal nominated candidates. Another 13% of the seats are offered to Nepalese candidates in the payment category. Besides students from Nepal, MCOMS attracts students from India and Sri Lanka. MCOMS also trains students from United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Tanzania, Kenya, and the Maldives. About 60% of the students are men and 40% women.

Postgraduate courses are available in basic science subjects and all clinical disciplines. The postgraduate program MD in Pathology began in 1998 and MD/MS in clinical disciplines began in 2007. A residency program is conducted in the hospital with rotations in WRH. On completion of three academic years and on fulfillment of all university requirements including thesis and exam, the candidate is awarded MD/MS degree. The duration of the MD/MS program is three years and the M Sc in non-clinical subjects is two years.[1]

Facilities

MTH is the largest hospital in Western Nepal and serves as tertiary care referral center.

Subspeciality services

Critical care

All 50 ICU beds have central oxygen supply, cardiac monitors, central Arterial Blood gas analysis with mechanical ventilators. NICU has incubators, photo therapy, CPAP and ventilators.

Telemedicine Department of Internal Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital in collaboration University of Illinois, Chicago with technical support of Binaytara foundation runs a weekly Telemedicine session.[2] MTH is the first institute in the country to have a program of such kind. Telemedicine is part of a Medicine Resident's academic activity.

Affiliations and recognitions

Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS) is also recognized by the British Columbia & Ontario Student Assistance Program (BCSAP & OSAP), Canada.

Most of the students have passed their postgraduate entrance exams/international exams i.e., Medical Council Exams of United States (USMLE), UK (PLAB), Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

MTH runs residency (MD/MS) in clinical and non clinical disciplines and elective programmes.

Poor Patient's Fund (PPF)

Also known as Asha(आशा), it is a Non-governmental organization(NGO) which is run by the students (mainly the 5th semester MBBS students). Funds are raised by the students by organizing movie shows, dances, college fetes, sales of T-shirts and sweat shirts, donations from the students and faculty, etc. The fund is utilized for the treatment of those patients who are unable to afford it on their own.

College journal

Nepal Journal of Medical Sciences (NJMS) is the official journal of Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS), Pokhara, Nepal. It is a peer reviewed, open access, biomedical journal [ISSN 2091-1424 (Print) and 2091–1459 (Online at http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJMS)] and publishes the research based articles from the field of biomedical sciences which include Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Orthopaedic surgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Dermatology, Radio-diagnosis & Radiotherapy, Dental, Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Community Medicine, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physiology and other allied biomedical disciplines. The journal is published twice a year (January and July). Each issue of NJMS publishes original articles, review articles, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor. It is indexed in Index Copernicus, NepJOL, Google Scholar, Genamics JournalSeek, SafetyLit, WorldCat, JournalTOC, LibToc, HINARI, DRJI (Directory of Research Journal Indexing), Sciencegate, Sjournals Index database, Scientific Indexing Services (Sindexs), University Library of Regensburg (Germany), United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog.[7]

See also

References

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