Krishna
Institute of Medical sciences Deemed University
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed
University Karad is located in Western Maharashtra, India against the
background of mountains and valleys. The campus is spread over 60 acres and is
well connected by national highway to Mumbai & Pune International Airport.
The constituent colleges of the University include
Medical, Dental, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Biotechnology offering
undergraduate and postgraduate courses in respective faculties. It also runs
Ph.D. programs in Anatomy, Community Medicine, Pharmacology, Microbiology and
Nursing.
The medical college is about 29 years old and is
recognized by the Medical Council of India, Medical Council of Malaysia and is
listed in the WHO's world directory of Medical Schools. MBBS and postgraduate
degree/diploma courses in clinical and basic sciences in 17 disciplines are
recognized by Medical Council of India. It also admits the international
students from all over the globe for MBBS course.
It has state-of-art museums with large collection of
specimens and models in Anatomy, Pathology, FMT, Microbiology, Pharmacology
etc. The diagnostic laboratory has applied for NABL accreditation and is
already running as per its norms. The Lead Referral Laboratory is one of its
kind in Maharashtra state. The new addition of well equipped molecular &
human genetics laboratory is a feather in the cap which is involved in research
and services for Thalassemia, Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy, Breast &
Cervical Cancer, HCV, HPV and other genetic disorders.
The teaching hospital is 1100 bedded multi specialty
tertiary care hospital with facilities for Critical Care, Endoscopic Surgeries,
Dialysis, Cardiology, Cardio-vascular-thoracic surgery, Oncology, Urology, Neuro
surgery & Plastic surgery etc. Permission for renal transplant surgery is
granted and institute expects to do the first renal transplant in very near
future. It has fully equipped major operation theaters, minor theaters, labor
rooms, blood bank, radio-diagnosis and radiotherapy, computerized medical
records, counseling services etc. There are separate intensive care units like
Medical, Surgical, Coronary care, Pediatric, Neonatal, Respiratory and
Obstetrics. The neonatal ICU is recognized by Neonatology Forum of India. The
radio-diagnosis department has facilities for MRI, color doppler, mammography,
DSA etc.
The hospital and the medical college is involved in
several community projects like HIV/AIDS, cancer, family planning, prevention
of blindness, tuberculosis control, detection and prevention of malnutrition,
diagnostic camps, school health check-ups and blood donation camps.