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Somaiya
Ayurvihar The vibrant role
of the Somaiya Group in the field of Health Care is a manifestation of the
corporate belief that good health forms the very base of a citizen's
positive and contributory role in society. This led to the genesis of
Somaiya Ayurvihar, the 'Centre of Life Sciences', in
1991.The Ayurvihar consists of:
The K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre began functioning in January, 1992. Through its staff of highly trained and qualified personnel, the hospital offers advanced diagnostic and curative services to its patients. It provides full service in all basic medical disciplines including 24 hour emergency service and dialysis. On the medical education front, the hospital trains the best young minds in the country in the diagnosis and cure of various ailments. What's more, the K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Resarch Centre is also planning the construction of a private specialized hospital which will rival the best in the world. Affiliated to the University of Bombay and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, the K.J. Somaiya Medical College follows regulations set by the universities as well as the Medical Council of India. The K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre is the teaching hospital attached to the K.J. Somaiya Medical College. Currently, the Medical College admits 100 students, and is planning to raise its student body to 150 students in the near future. Its students avail of the very latest state-of-the-art equipment, supplemented with vital qualitive inputs through proper professional training. The K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre has 556 beds. These beds are provided on a free medical basis, i.e. the cost to the patient will only cover room and board. As the strength of the students increase, the number of beds will also increase to 750 beds in the near future. Being the first ever private medical college in Bombay on a 'No Grant' basis, the hospital has never suffered the problem of low standards. It caters to the needs of a wide spectrum of people, bringing the benefits of modern medical expertise to the needy. The K.J.Somaiya School for Nursing, started in 1994, is among the top training schools of its kind, and forms an integral part of the Ayurvihar Medical Complex. It admits 40 students annually. K.J.SOMAIYA MEDICAL COLLEGE MUMBAI SYLLABUS FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE I. ADMISSIONS : No candidate shall be allowed to be admitted to the medical curriculum of first year of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Course until i) he/she has completed the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission. ii) he/she has passed the qualifying examination as under: Pre-University examination or the higher secondary examination or the Indian School Certificate equivalent to 10+2 higher secondary examination after a period of 12 years study, the last 2 years of study comprising of Physics, Chemistry, Biology with English as a subject. The selection of students to medical College shall be based soley on merit of the candidate, who must have obtained not less than 50% marks in English and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the qualifying examination. In respect of candidates belonging to scheduled castes/scheduled tribes, the marks obtained is 40% instead of 50%. II. COURSE OF STUDY: 1. The graduate medical curriculum is oriented towards training students to undertake the responsibilities of a Physician of first contact who is capable of looking after the Preventive, Promotive, Curative and rehabilitative aspects of medicine. 2. Duration of the course is 4 1/2 years divided into 9 semesters of 6 months each. The period is divided into 3 phases:
Obstetrics & Gynaecology including Family medicine, Family Welfare, Planning. This is followed by compulsory rotating intership of one year. It is a phase of training wherein a graduate is expected to conduct actual practice of medical and health care and acquire skills under supervision so that he/she may become capable of functioning independently. III. FACULTY: The teaching faculty consists of Professor/Associate Professor, Assistant Professor/Lecturer and Tutor/Registrar. The following departments in the College are headed by the following qualified and experienced staff:
The K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre has been approved as an affiliated hospital for clinical training in electives for the medical students of the American Institute of Medicine (USAIM), University of Seychelles. The College has applied
for permission to start Postgraduate courses in Anatomy, Physiology
and Pharmacology. A college of Physiotherapy is being established in
2002. The Ayurvihar Medical Complex is proposed to be a multidisciplinary institution housing various disciplines of medicine (allopathy, ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy). The basic infrastructure of the Complex has been worked out. It will have a 1000 bed inpatient and outpatient Charitable Hospital, Private Nursing Home with Critical Care Centre, a dedicated Operation Theatre Centre, Medical College, and a Diagnostic and Research Centre, all equipped with state-of-the-art technology and equipment. Currently, the Complex has a 556 bed inpatient hospital, the K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre. Proposed as open wards and semi-private rooms, the Inpatient department is located in an existing seven storey structure which is linked with a central spine to all other buildings of the Hospital as well as K.J. Somaiya Medical College. The Outpatient department, designed to cater to 2,500 to 3,000 patients per day, has a dedicated wing for upto 12 departments. THE PROPOSED PLAN The 150 bed Critical Care Centre houses 60 ICU and ICCU beds, 50 step down beds in five storeys, and 40 deluxe rooms and suites on two upper storeys. It is closely linked with the Operation Theatre Centre, a dedicated building with 32 operation theatres on four floors of eight operation theatres per floor. A separate Emergency, Trauma and Day Care Centre is located in proximity to vehicular access. It is designed with self-sufficient critical care and operation theatre facilities for 60 patients and is directly connected with the Critical Care and Operation Theatre Centres. Radiology, Pathology, Blood bank, Eye bank and other common facilities are located centrally to cater to every department of the Complex. The Medical College, with twenty-one departments and an intake of 100 students per annum, is an independent institution that is affiliated to the Inpatient and Outpatient department of the Hospital. Students are in direct contact with the Hospital, an independent Library with 10,000 books and Museum building, and a separate Auditorium block with 3 auditoria whose capacities vary from 150 to 400 persons. The Residential Medical Officers and Staff Housing will be located on the 8th to 10th floors of the Medical College building and the Outpatient department, which places it in close proximity to the Hospital and Medical College. An independent Diagonostic and Research Centre for the Hospital is planned for the future. This Diagonostic and Research Centre is designed to accomodate state of the art technology and equipment to be shared by all the departments of the Complex. Another part of the future plan comprises of a 1600 person capacity Auditiorium and Conference Centre with a 400 room, 3 star Hotel as a part of one structure. Together, these form the Ayurvihar Medical Complex with over 240,000 square meters of proposed built up, self-sufficient space for most kinds of undergraduate medical education, medical care and hospitality. |