Mangalore : It is learnt that Dr. Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary passed away this morning at his residence at Padil, Mangalore. Reason for his demise is not immediately available. A renowned family doctor with a career spanning about four decades, he was the Founder President of Family Doctors Association (R), Mangalore and had also served as the president of IMA Mangalore Branch. During his term as IMA president in 2010, he had hosted IMA Medicon state level conference in the city.
Born on 1st February 1949 at Kundapur, Dr. Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary studied his MBBS at Mysore Medical College. He started his career establishing Bhandary Clinic & Nursing Home at Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka, which he ran from 1974 -78. Later he shifted to Mangalore to set up Bhandary Clinic & Clinical Lab at City Market Shopping Complex at Market Road.
He also ran Bhandary Education Trust (R), Mangalore which operated three ambulances on No Profit – No Loss basis and was the recipient of Doctors Day Award 2008-2009. He was the author of nationally recognized Arivu Arogya Keri Vaasthavya Programme of IMA and was recognized as the best IMA President at National Level for the year 2009-2010 and honoured at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
He was District Vice Chairman of Indian Red Cross during 2010-2013 and conducted more than 50 free Medical Camps in the districts of Mysore, Chamrajnagar, Hassan, Mercara, Shivmogga, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi benefitting over one lakh people.
Dr. Bhandary is survived by his wife Lalitha; three sons, Dr. Nithish M. Bhandary, Associate Professor of Medicine, AJMIDS and Secretary of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Mangalore Branch; Dr. Nishan M. Bhandary, MRCP, Consultant Psychiatrist, UK and Nischith M. Bhandary, BE, Team Leader at Accenture, Bangalore and a granddaughter, Sana.