Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)
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Victoria Hospital is a government run hospital affiliated with Bangalore Medical College
Bangalore Medical College
Bangalore Medical College , now renamed Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute , popularly known as BMC, is a medical college run by the Government of Karnataka. It is located on K.R. Road, near City Market...

 now renamed Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. It is the largest hospital in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, India
India
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. Started by Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV , also known popularly as Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar , was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is regarded as one of the most celebrated rulers among the Indian States when India was still under British rule...

, the then Maharaja of Mysore in 1901, the hospital soon rose to be among the prominent hospitals in South India.

Health Care Facilities

Emergency services are available 24 hours including traumatology and emergency surgery in The Mahabodhi Burns and Casualty block with a 24 hour Blood bank. The burns department housed in the same building, is among the best in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 and is managed by the Plastic Surgery department.A centralized laboratory modernized with a grant from Infosys
Infosys
Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...

provides 24 hours services.The Outpatient department housed in the Sir Putanna Chetty block has a pharmacy that supplies medicines free to poor patients.The main building houses the administrative offices and wards.The centenary building houses new wards and the nuclear medicine department with gamma camera and modern operation theatres.The radiology department is housed in the B.M Srinivasaiah block.The E.N.T department is located in the Venkateshwara Institute. A dharmashala on the hospital campus provides subsidized accommodation for patient's compa

Departments

Internal Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics
E.N.T
Blood Bank
Anaesthesia
Radiodiagnosis :All special X-rays,Ultrasound,CT scan, Gamma camera for isotope scans
Radiotherapy
Skin and Cosmetology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Urology
Nephrology with dialysis facilities
Plastic surgery
Surgical Gastroenterology
Microbiology
Pathology
Biochemistry
Forensic Medicine
Physiotherapy

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