Fr Muller Charitable Institutions to Open ‘Rural Health Training Centre’ in Bajpe on 1 Nov

Fr Muller Charitable Institutions to Open ‘Rural Health Training Centre’ in Bajpe on 1 Nov

Mangaluru: Over the past 138 years, Father Muller Charitable Institutions has committed itself to providing the highest quality and comprehensive health care to the patients and families. And this time, the institution will be achieving another milestone on November 1, 2018 by launching the Rural Health Training Centre at Bajpe. The centre will strive to provide free health care services to the residents of Bajpe.

Father Muller Charitable Institutions have been touching the lives of thousands of people for 138 long years. The Institution founded by Father Augustus Muller in 1880 stands out as a hall mark of medical service and education in our country. With its motto of “Heal and Comfort”, it is committed, to improving health care services to alleviate the sufferings of humanity. In continuation of its human endeavour and as a part of its efforts to make basic healthcare accessible to all, the hospital has also been involved in conducting free healthcare camps in nine urban as well as rural areas in the region.

Addressing the media persons during a press meet held at Mangaluru Press Club, Fr Richard Coelho- Director of Father Muller Charitable Institutions said, “By considering the essential medical requirements of Bajpe residents and ensuring that quality and timely healthcare reaches the general public, the hospital has established a rural health training centre in the 50 cents land donated by Salvadore Monteiro. The centre will be catering to the needs of the general public by providing excellent quality health care services and will also function as a medical training hub, for medical students.

“Former Bishop of Mangalore Diocese, Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’ Souza, laid the foundation stone for the Rural Health Training Centre on 18th December 2017. The centre will be inaugurated on 1st November 2018 at 11:30 a.m. by our benefactors, Mrs & Mr Salvadore Monteiro and family, Bajpe, and Blessed by Most Rev. Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore Diocese and President, FMCI. U. T. Khader, Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Govt. of Karnataka and D.K. District in charge, will unveil the plaque. Dr Y. Bharat Shetty, MLA, Mangaluru, North Constituency will be inaugurating the first floor of the centre. The centre has been named as “Father Muller Salvadore Monteiro Rural Health Training Centre”. On the occasion, a free medical health check-up camp is organised at the centre from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The entire programme will be initiated by Rev. Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director, FMCI “added Fr Coelho.

Ivan D’Souza, MLC; J.R. Lobo, Ex-MLA, Mangalore South Constituency; Fr Marcel Saldanha,Vicar Forane, Pezar Varado; Fr Leo William Lobo, Parish Priest, St Joseph Church, Bajpe; Dr Prof. Francis Monteiro, Associate Dean, A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre; Dr Ramakrishna, District Health Officer, Mangaluru; Smt Vijaya Gopala Suvarna, President Kandavara Grama Panchayat; Smt Rohini B., Panchayat Development Officer; U.P. Ibrahim, Member, D.K. Zilla Panchayat, Gurupura; Vishwanath Shetty, Member, Taluk Panchayat, Kandavara; Devendra,Vice-President, Kandavara Grama Panchayat; Smt Vimala, Shivashankara, & Raghavendra – Members of Kandavara Grama Panchayat, will be present on the occasion.

Fr Rudolph Ravi D’Sa-Administrator of Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Fr Ajith Menezes- Administrator, Father Muller Medical College, Dr Jayaprakash Alva-Dean Father Muller Medical College, and Dr Sowrabh Kumar- Dept of Community Medicine, FMMC were present during the press meet.