St. John's medical college

From  its inception SJMC has been a truly National Medical College drawing  faculty and students from all across the country. During the formative  years the college benefited immensely from the efforts of early  pioneers with illustrious professional careers who gave up jobs in  established medical institutions to join a fledgling medical college.  Their voices still echo in the corridors, laboratories and lecture halls  of the college.
The institution is an apex body of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI)  which is the largest non-governmental contributor to health care in  India (with > 3500 member institutions throughout India).

The  corner stone of the Medical College was blessed by Pope Paul VI in  Bombay during the Eucharist Congress in 1964 and was laid at the project  site on 27 July 1965 by Shri V.V. Giri, the Governor of Karnataka and  later the President of India. On the completion of the buildings, the  College was dedicated to the cause of Medical Education, Research and  Healthcare on 29 September 1968 at a ceremony presided over by the  President of India, Dr. Zakir Hussain. In June 1968, the College moved  from its temporary premises of St. Mary's Industrial School and  Orphanage to its 140-acre campus in Koramangala, Bengaluru.

Initially  St. Martha’s Hospital served as the clinical facility of the Medical  College. In the year 1975, the newly constructed St. John’s Medical  College Hospital became operational on the College Campus. St. John's  College of Nursing started as a School of Nursing on July 1, 1980. It  was raised to the status of a College of Nursing on September 25, 1989,  and conducts various nursing courses.

For  the last ten years, St. John’s Medical College has consistently been  ranked among the top 10 medical colleges in the country. The National  Assessment and Accreditation Council, a Review Committee of the  University Grants Commission, has recognized the excellence of St.  John's Medical College and Hospital and accorded it with a 5 star  grading.

The  St. John’s Medical College Hospital was envisioned by the catholic  church in India with a mandate to provide health care to all without  exception, especially those most in need in the spirit of Christ. 

We are a tertiary-care, referral and teaching hospital that  provides ethical and professional clinical care and treatment across  all specialities ably supported by diagnostics services that includes  laboratory-based, imaging and interventional facilities that remains  affordable and accessible. Our facilities provide emergency, outpatient, inpatient, day-care, community outreach, pastoral and after-life care through a 1350 bedded facility and with over approximately 3000 dedicated, competent and service-oriented staff. 

The  St. John's Research Institute (SJRI) is a part of the St John's  National Academy of Health Sciences, which is run by the CBCI Society  for Medical Education. From its inception, St. John's has set before it  an ideal of excellence in academic courses as well as service to society  as a result of which it has truly become holistic both in its outlook  and in its approach to the problems of community health.

In  2000, the Academy decided that its commitment to excellence in research  required the setting up of an Institute that was dedicated to the  pursuit of research and capacity development in St. John's. This vision  encompassed improvement of health of the community and patients through  research and development of a Centre for Excellence in medical research  in India.

The Institute was formally inaugurated in September 2004 by His Eminence Cardinal Telespore Toppo.

Situated in the main campus, close to the Medical College and Hospital, SJCON started as a School of Nursing, on July 1st 1980.

It  was raised to the status of College of Nursing on September 25, 1989.  Nursing education and nursing services were integrated on July 1st 2013,  headed by Chief of Nursing Services. Teaching faculty of CON, are  involved in patient care, teaching hospital staff and administration of  nursing service in the parent hospital and senior nursing staff of the  hospital are included in student teaching and supervision.

Nursing Services and Nursing Education were integrated on 1st July 2013 headed by the Chief of Nursing Services.

Teaching  faculty of College of Nursing are involved in patient care, teaching  hospital staff and administration of nursing services in the parent  hospital and Senior nursing staff of the hospital are included in  student teaching and supervision.