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Location | , , |
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Campus | Various Campus in Kerala State |
Registrar | Prof. Valsa. K. Panicker |
Affiliations | Autonomous Monitored by Indian Nursing Council |
Website | https://www.knmc.org/contact.html |
In India, the Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council was established in 1953 under the provisions of Nurses and Midwives Act and works as an autonomous body under the Government of Kerala, Department of Health and Family Welfare. It is a regulatory body for nurses and education in nursing in Kerala and It is monitored by Indian Nursing Council. [1]
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