Mangalore: Dr Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary drowns in well

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

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Mangalore, Jun 12: Kankanady police have said that the death of Dr Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary on Wednesday June 12 was due to accidental fall into a well in the premises of his house and not a suicide.

Accordingly, the Kankanady police have registered a case of accidental death.

Initially, it was suspected to be a case of suicide, however, police have ruled it out.

Initial Report

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Jun 12: Dr Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary, state convener of BJP medical cell, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well here on Wednesday June 12. He was 64.

The incident took place at his house in Padil-Alake. The body was retrieved and shifted to AJ hospital.

With over 40 years of service in healthcare, education and health services, Dr Bhandary was an accomplished leader having a unique perspective and style of functioning.

He was a member of national level Central Working Committee (CWC) of Indian Medical Association (IMA), vice president of Karnataka state IMA and a member of the Karnataka Medical Council representing Non Teachers Constituency.

He was the Founder President of Family Doctors Association (R), Mangalore and had also served as the president of IMA Mangalore branch. He is actively involved in a wide range of social and cultural activities.

Born on February 1, 1949 at Kundapur, Dr Kailkere Mohandas Bhandary studied his MBBS at Mysore Medical College. He started his career establishing Bhandary Clinic and 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 and 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.

Furthermore, he has also proved himself to be a good community leader having associated with various causes spanning the fields of sports, education, social, religious, political, literary, cultural and developmental issues.

He was District vice president, Dakshina Kannada cricket Association (DKCA) and chairman, cricket stadium committee; founder president Tulu Aisiri (R), Mangalore, an organization dedicated to Tulu language and culture; working committee member of BJP national Medical Wing and past president of Rotary Club of Gundlupet and Rotary Club Mangalore Central, where he was chairman for Free Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery for the year 2010-2011in RI District 3180.

In the last few years he strived to bring his medical college class mates together by serving as chairman of Mysore Medical College reunion of 1967 batch and hosted International Alumni Conferences at Bangalore in December 2010 and at Dubai in March 2012.

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, Chamarajnagar, Hassan, Mercara, Shimoga, 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.

The funeral is expected to be held after the arrival of his son from the United Kingdom on Thursday June 13.