Medical college in Wenlock, civil hospital outside Mangaluru: Khader

April 20, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 20: Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader has proposed a 200-bed referral civil hospital outside Mangaluru taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme, the minister said that the proposal aims at addressing the increasing need of specialised healthcare services for poor patients from Bantwal, Belthangady and Puttur taluks.

The proposed hospital will come up in one of the above three taluk headquarters, he added.

Wenlock Medial College

However, the minister ruled out the possibility of setting up a government medical college in any part of Dakshina Kannada except Mangaluru city.

He said that though land would be available at Bantwal, Puttur or Belthangady taluks, the government would have to spend Rs. 10,000 crore for infrastructure. “Moreover, it is also difficult to get 800 in-patients for the hospital attached to the college in those places.”

Mr. Khader said that the Wenlock Hospital was ideal place to start the medical college. “You can post doctors and nurses here and start the college,” he said. Earlier, in the function, Mr. Khader said the medical college would start functioning at the Wenlock in another two years.

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In foreign countries patients looking for government hospital to get their treatments, not because it is cheaper but where they get state of the art treatment....I request health minister to bring similar kind of situation over in Karnataka too...it is possible...corruption is there everywhere...need to bring it to minimal level...

You are doing good job up there! God Bless you!

Its the right decission taken insted of giving it to KMC on lease of 20 years

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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