The first geriatric center in India, located in Bangalore, has been recently inaugurated at the St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, a University of Minnesota Medical School partner institution. As part of a master agreement, this center will serve as an additional resource for students and faculty to use for exchange programs, education, and research.
Having noticed that there are no facilities to take care of the aging population, Kumar Belani, MD, professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and immediate past president of Friends of St. John’s Medical College Inc., coordinated the efforts of alumni of St. John’s in the United States to raise funds and plan this center in collaboration with the faculty at St. John’s Medical College and members of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). The center looks to provide expert care catered to the special needs of the elderly and has 65 beds to serve as a one-of-a-kind model in geriatrics for both India and the U.S.
