Safety & Health

At Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), we are committed to maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy campus environment through proactive safety measures, health services, and awareness initiatives that ensure students, faculty, and visitors can learn, work, and engage with confidence and peace of mind.

Safety &

Security

The safety of students, faculty and visitors is important to us. Manipal Academy of Higher Education is a semi-urban campus and basic security measures must be observed for personal safety.

Swimming in Arabian Sea is prohibited.
Speed is the cause for majority of accidents. Students are recommended to observe the traffic rules and drive cautiously.  However, the students are not encouraged to have their own vehicles inside the campus. 
Students are expected to possess the identity card issued by MAHE at all times and are required to produce the same when asked for by the institutional and MAHE authorities/ District Police Authority.

Please contact Registrar, Manipal Academy of Higher Education / Director Student Affairs / Chief Security Officer in case you notice something or someone suspicious in the campus.

View MAHE Security Manual

Safety &

Medicare

Student Affairs at MAHE supports student well-being, engagement, and personal growth through various services and programs. It fosters a vibrant campus life, ensuring a holistic academic and social experience.

All students are covered with Medicare which entitles them general hospitalisation, including drugs (excluding diet) and outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials, etc.).
All students are required to carry the ID card all the time while visiting the hospital.  The ID card number is the Medicare number of the students.
In order to avoid wastage of time, students are encouraged to obtain prior appointment with the consultant through the Student Health Clinic, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal.
During working hours students are required to report to the Student Health Clinic.  During non-working hours, they are required to report to Trauma Centre/Casualty in case of emergency. 
For elective surgery, students are required to keep their parents informed and it is preferable that one of the parents be present during the procedure. In case a student is admitted for a minor ailment and anticipated stay is a short stay, parents will not be contacted. However, in case of emergency efforts will be made to contact the parents. To facilitate this, parents are required to keep the college office informed about the change in local address and telephone number. 
While visiting the sick students at the hospital, students are required to observe the visiting hours and conduct appropriately so that the other sick patients in the hospital are not disturbed.
Students are covered under Medicare for the duration of the study period. Medicare has to be promptly renewed in case the student does not complete the course in the stipulated time.

Participating Hospitals

Medicare benefits are provided at the following hospitals on the basis of your Medicare Card/Identity Card.

Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

Dr TMA Pai Hospital, Udupi

Dr TMA Pai Rotary Hospital, Karkala

Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

Dr TMA Pai Hospital, Udupi

Dr TMA Pai Rotary Hospital, Karkala

KMC Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore

Family

Cover

We have a special provision to give Medicare cover to the spouse and unmarried dependent children of a postgraduate student.

The Medicare premium for the entire period is payable in advance at the time of admission itself. If a student gets married and has a baby, the premium needs to be paid within one month from the date of marriage/childbirth.
Application for granting family cover will not be entertained any time after admission or after the expiry of one month from the date of marriage or child birth, whichever is later. Subsequent enrolment may be approved at the sole discretion of the University. In such cases, coverage will begin one month after the date of payment.

Medical

Coverage

MAHE provides medical coverage for students, including hospitalization and outpatient benefits. Coverage varies by category, with options for special and semi-special wards.

NRI/Foreign Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in special ward (Plan A).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

General/Other Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in semi-special ward (Plan B).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

If a student is admitted to higher type of ward than eligible as per Medicare, he needs to pay the difference between the amount incurred and that he is eligible for.

NRI/Foreign Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in special ward (Plan A).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

General/Other Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in semi-special ward (Plan B).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

If a student is admitted to higher type of ward than eligible as per Medicare, he needs to pay the difference between the amount incurred and that he is eligible for.

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Safety &

Medicare

All students are covered with Medicare which entitles them general hospitalisation, including drugs (excluding diet) and outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials, etc.).
All students are required to carry the ID card all the time while visiting the hospital.  The ID card number is the Medicare number of the students.
In order to avoid wastage of time, students are encouraged to obtain prior appointment with the consultant through the Student Health Clinic, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal.
During working hours students are required to report to the Student Health Clinic.  During non-working hours, they are required to report to Trauma Centre/Casualty in case of emergency. 
For elective surgery, students are required to keep their parents informed and it is preferable that one of the parents be present during the procedure. In case a student is admitted for a minor ailment and anticipated stay is a short stay, parents will not be contacted. However, in case of emergency efforts will be made to contact the parents. To facilitate this, parents are required to keep the college office informed about the change in local address and telephone number. 
While visiting the sick students at the hospital, students are required to observe the visiting hours and conduct appropriately so that the other sick patients in the hospital are not disturbed.
Students are covered under Medicare for the duration of the study period. Medicare has to be promptly renewed in case the student does not complete the course in the stipulated time.

Medical

Coverage

MAHE provides medical coverage for students, including hospitalization and outpatient benefits. Coverage varies by category, with options for special and semi-special wards.

NRI/Foreign Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in special ward (Plan A).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

General/Other Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in semi-special ward (Plan B).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

If a student is admitted to higher type of ward than eligible as per Medicare, he needs to pay the difference between the amount incurred and that he is eligible for.

NRI/Foreign Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in special ward (Plan A).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

General/Other Category Students

General hospitalisation (including drugs, blood excluding diet) in semi-special ward (Plan B).
Outpatient benefits (excluding drugs, materials etc.)

If a student is admitted to higher type of ward than eligible as per Medicare, he needs to pay the difference between the amount incurred and that he is eligible for.