Sri Siddhartha Medical College was started in the year 1988 by Sri Siddhartha Educational Society. The Medical College and hospital is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 350 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavarnational highway and it is just 76 km from Bangalore city connected by road and railway. The college was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. After the Medical Council of India and the then Karnataka state government run under the Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde had declined the permission to set up the college, the Supreme Court of India had given the signal to go ahead in mid-1989. Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, an ENT specialist and a serial medtech innovator completed his undergraduate studies from this institute. On Thursday 10 October 2019, Income Tax department of India raided the medical college, on account of investigating the bank transaction related to the institution.
College campus
The Medical College and hospital is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 350 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar National highway and it is just 76 km from Bangalore city well connected by road and railway. The climate is similar to Bangalore. There are 21 buildings with built-in area of about 73,875 sq. mt at the cost of about Rs. 20 crores, which include furnished quarters for staffs. Separate buildings for Pre and Para-clinical departments, spacious library and information center and SSMC Hospital.
Hospital
SSMC Hospital has separate building for OPD and causality with independent departments of Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Paediatrics, ENT, Dermatology, and Radiology. It is a 1350 bedded hospital, fully equipped with 12 major operation theaters in addition to minor operation theaters. SSMC is catering the needs of rural population. There are skilled doctors with specially trained nurses to give a healing touch to the patients. The Hospital building also has a post office and a bank to serve the needs of staff, students and the public. There is a canteen, hospital mess, fruit stall and a phone booth to cater the needs of the public.
Study of osskular defects in csom and its managements
CT correlated study of Anatomic variations of Para nasal sinuses
CT Study of Sin nasal inflammatory diseases
Medicine
Profile and Clinic radiological correlation in patients with stroke score and Guy's Hospital Score
Evidence of silent myocardial ischemia in type-l diabetics evaluation by tread mill test.
Profile of patients with organ phosphorus compound poisoning : Special reference to Pseudo Cholinesterase and morality.
Lung function test in asymptomatic smokers.
Fructosamine assay as a marker of glycemic control in Diabetics.
Radio Diagnosis
High resolution computed tomography in pulmonary tuberculosis
Ophthalmology
Isolation of common fungus in corneal ulcer patients as reported at SSMCH.
Post operative astigmatism following cataract surgery.
Causes of decreased vision after cataract surgery.
Surgery
Acute abdomen – correlation between clinical radiological and operative findings.
Clinical study of Post-Operative wound infections.
Comparative study of incisional hernia repair between anatomical and mesh
Admissions
Admissions to U.G and P.G courses shall be made on an All India basis to the identical courses in all deemed-to-be universities through a Common Entrance Test conducted by UGC or by an Institution / Agency identified and approved by the UGC. This shall also apply to those institutions which have already been given the deemed-to-be university status. Total number of under-graduate seats at Sri Siddhartha Medical College: 130 Total number of under-graduate seats at Sri Siddhartha Dental college : 40 The admissions in the college for 2006 were done based on the Under Graduate Entrance Test held by Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka.
Annual events
MedEX
Medical Exhibition cum Health Awareness program started by Panther batch which is to teach about medical related education to public in all kinds of field, Synapsis batch holds highest visitors record of 60000 held on year of 2013
FootPrintz
a cultural programme started by Panther batch continued until Synapsis batch. this event usually held on evening during MedEX event
YouthFest
Euphoria
Other events
HelMethon
Helmethon is helmet awareness campaign initiated and led by Dr. Pallavi Sarji Uthkarsh, Dr. M. S. Rajanna & Dr. Ashok Jayaram, This campaign was designed with the inputs from youth, so that more youth would be part of this. Results of Campaign was successful in bringing the stakeholders together with good community participation and Helmet law was enforced in Tumkur district in less than a fortnight following the campaign. Now helmet usage rate among riders has increased to 80%.
