| Dr. M.V. Shetty Memorial Trust is managed by the Founder, Dr. M. Ramgopal Shetty, who is the Secretary & executive officer of the Trust. Dr. M.R. Shetty, has been closely associated with the academic bodies of Mangalore University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences since their inception. He was a member of both the Academic Council and Syndicate of Mangalore University for several terms and of the Syndicate of RGUHS and has contributed to the vocationalizing of courses especially in the allied medical field of University education.
He founded Dr. M. V Shetty Memorial Trust and through the Trust he was instrumental in introducing many vocational courses in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Speech & Hearing, Hospital Administration, Medical Lab Technology & Radiology under Mangalore University. Some of these were later transferred to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. He also served as executive member in the Rehabilitation Council of India. Under his able guidance and administration the Trust manages 17 different graduate & post-graduate courses in nine different colleges affiliated to both Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Mangalore University, Mangalore and Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum.
Dr. Shetty had his early education at St. Aloysius High School, Mangalore. He completed his MBBS and MS degree education in Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore in 1969 and 1973.Later he went to UK on a vascular surgery fellowship. On his return from UK he joined KMC as Asst.Professor in surgery and worked there till 1989.His surgical specialty unit of peripheral vascular surgery, functions at Government Wenlock Hospital catering to the under privileged section of society. Under his aegis, the Trust also runs the Blood Bank at Government Wenlock Hospital, the clinical facility of Physiotherapy and the laboratory at Lady Goschen Hospital. The staff are provided round the clock and the facility is free for the needy patients. The clinical facilities of Physiotherapy and Speech and Hearing are also provided free.
This is in keeping with the founder's vision , which inspired by his father’s envisages not only providing quality health services and training professionals in each of the allied medical fields but also educating the public and providing affordable diagnostic and therapeutic facilities especially to those in need. It can be said that his contribution has been vital in transforming the paramedical scene in Karnataka State and nationally.
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