Co-founders of Mindtree Ltd., Mr. Subroto Bagchi and Mr. NS Parthasarathy, along with their spouses, have donated ₹425 crore to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru to set up an 800-bed multi-specialty hospital along with a postgraduate medical school.
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IISc has reported that this will be the largest single private donation received by IISc in its history. The hospital will be named as the Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital and will cater to the clinical training and research activities of the academic programme.
“The academic centrepiece of this initiative will be an integrated dual degree MD-PhD programme aimed at creating a new breed of physician-scientists, who will pursue careers in clinical research to develop new treatments and healthcare solutions, driven by a bench-to-bedside philosophy. They will be trained simultaneously in the hospital as well as in the science and engineering laboratories at IISc,” IISc said in a statement.
The Hospital will be built within the IISc Bengaluru campus, taking advantage of the co-location with the science and engineering faculties and labs. The ground-breaking ceremony is planned for June 2022 and the hospital will be operational by the end of 2024.
In addition, according to National Medical Commission norms, students admitted in specific MD/MS and DM/MCh programmes will also be trained in appropriate sections of the hospital along with their classroom and laboratory training. The hospital will also implement advanced digital technologies and solutions, such as integrated Electronic Medical Record systems and a comprehensive telemedicine suite with haptics interfaces.
