HEALTH CARE CENTRE(HCC)
The Health Care Centre also known as HCC is a unique facility. Free doctors + medicine! You really couldn’t ask for more. Many private colleges do not have such a facility. It is situated in the centre of the campus opposite the main grounds.
Plus, in case of emergency there is always a doctor in NITK Campus. NITK has recently inducted 2 24-hour ambulances for emergency. All this for just Rs. 815 a year. :P
Do you know that you will be covered under a medical insurance by HCC, NITK ? This is provided by Vidal Health Administrative Services which will provide you with a health card and a list of hospitals where you can avail this service. It's available throughout Karnataka in almost all major hospitals :P.
You can claim lakhs of money in case you undergo some medical treatment in and around Mangalore. There is a cashless service too. You can even get rebate in consultancy fees of top-notch doctors in Mangalore Hospitals and almost all the hospitals are covered.
Now there are all kinds of specialists and visiting consultants coming to HCC. Fall sick often!
Just kidding.
Health Care facilities :
Plus, in case of emergency there is always a doctor in NITK Campus. NITK has recently inducted 2 24-hour ambulances for emergency. All this for just Rs. 815 a year. :P
Do you know that you will be covered under a medical insurance by HCC, NITK ? This is provided by Vidal Health Administrative Services which will provide you with a health card and a list of hospitals where you can avail this service. It's available throughout Karnataka in almost all major hospitals :P.
You can claim lakhs of money in case you undergo some medical treatment in and around Mangalore. There is a cashless service too. You can even get rebate in consultancy fees of top-notch doctors in Mangalore Hospitals and almost all the hospitals are covered.
Now there are all kinds of specialists and visiting consultants coming to HCC. Fall sick often!
Just kidding.
Health Care facilities :
- Pharmacy - The Pharmacy at the Health Care Centre has been outsourced for the past two years. This outsourced pharmacy makes available all the medicines prescribed by the University Medical Officers and Visiting Consultants. Dressing materials, disposable gloves and syringes and permissible medical appliances are also made available.
- Nursing Facility - On the advice of the doctors, injections are given by the Staff Nurse.
- E.C.G - E.C.G. Facility is available for the needy patients.
- Clinical Laboratory - All the basic blood, urine and stool tests are carried out in the Laboratory. With the procurement of a Semi-Automatic Analyser, Lipid Profile, Blood Urea and Creatine Tests have been facilitated.
- Dressing Room - Wound dressing, suturing of wounds, incision and drainage procedures and other minor surgical procedures are carried out in the Dressing Room.