Tirunelveli Medical College

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Tirunelveli Medical College
திருநெல்வேலி மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி
Motto:	Duty, Dignity, Discipline (கடமை, கண்ணியம், கட்டுப்பாடு)
Established:	1965
Type:	Government Medical College and Hospital
Dean:	Dr. Kanagaraj, MD
Faculty:	200 (approx.)
Staff:	600 (approx.)
Undergraduates:	150 per year
Postgraduates:	30 per year (approx.)
Location:	Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India
Campus:	Urban, 350 acres (1.4 km2)
Nickname:	TvMC
Affiliations:	Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University
Website:	http://www.nellaimedicos.org

Tirunelveli Medical College (Tamil: திருநெல்வேலி மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி), popularly known as TvMC or TMC Tirunelveli, is one among the premier medical institutions in South India, located in the city of Tirunelveli, in the state of Tamilnadu, India. The college is affiliated to Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University and is recognised by the World Health Organisation.

Contents 1 History 2 Emblem 3 The College and Location 3.1 The Medical College 3.2 Location 4 Administration 5 Courses offered 5.1 Undergraduate Medical Course 5.2 Postgraduate Medical Courses 5.3 Superspeciality Medical Courses 5.4 Paramedical Courses 6 Admission 7 The Students 7.1 Undergraduates 7.2 Postgraduates 8 Hospitals and Other Units 8.1 Hospitals 8.2 Primary Health Centres 8.3 Mobile Ophthalmic Unit 9 Batches 10 Alumni 11 Gallery 12 External links

[edit] History

In the year 1965, the Government of Tamilnadu established the Tirunelveli Medical College, with the agreement of the University of Madras. A total of 75 students were admitted for the MBBS course for the academic year 1965-66 and they had their first year of study in the local Arts & Science Colleges.

In July 1966, the first batch of second year MBBS students started attending the classes in the then newly constructed Anatomy Block. Other departments like Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Social & Preventive Medicine started functioning in the subsequent years, and the District Headquarters Hospital was converted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital.

This College was affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University consequent to its inception in the year 1967 till the newly formed The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in 1988.

The College has been recognised by the Medical Council of India since the year 1978.

The number of seats for the MBBS course has been increased from 75 to 100 since 1980, and in the same year the Government accorded sanction for the starting of Postgraduate courses. The number of seats for the MBBS course has been further increased to 150 from the year 2003.

The college celebrated its Silver Jubliee in the year 1990.

[edit] Emblem

The Official Emblem of the college has the Caduceus, Paddy (which has been included to denote Tiru'nel'veli ('nel'-நெல் - paddy)) and the words 'Duty, Dignity, Discipline'.

[edit] The College and Location

[edit] The Medical College

The college is present over a sprawling campus of around 350 acres (1.4 km²), and has well-equipped lecture halls, libraries, reading rooms, auditoria and 3 separate hostels for men and 2 for women. There is a Central Animal House with a wide range of common laboratory animals, for conduction of research programmes.

[edit] Location

The Tirunelveli Medical College, along with its teaching hospital, is located at High Ground in Palayamkottai in the city of Tirunelveli, in the state of Tamilnadu, India. Palayamkottai is known as the Oxford of South India due to its large number of reputed institutions which have been imparting higher education since the Pre-Independence Era.

The college, the hospital and the hostels are all located within a radius 1 kilometre. The college is located within about 7 kilometres from the Railway Station and 5 kilometres from the Bus Stand. The college on Google Maps

[edit] Administration

The college is affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University. The college and the hospital are funded and managed by The Government of Tamil Nadu.

[edit] Courses offered

[edit] Undergraduate Medical Course

• MBBS (5 and a half years in duration)

[edit] Postgraduate Medical Courses

• Degree courses (3 years in duration)

1. MD General Medicine
2. MD Paediatrics
3. MD Anaesthesiology
4. MD Psychiatric Medicine
5. MD Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy (DVL)
6. MD Pharmacology
7. MD Pathology
8. MD Microbiology
9. MD Forensic Medicine
10. MD Physiology
11. MS General Surgery
12. MS Orthopaedics
13. MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBG)
14. MS Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
15. MS Ophthalmology

• Diploma courses

1. DMRD (Diploma in Medical Radio Diagnosis)
2. DA (Diploma in Anaesthesiology)
3. DCH (Diploma in Child Health)
4. DGO (Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics)
5. DOrtho (Diploma in Orthopaedics)

[edit] Superspeciality Medical Courses

• DM Neurology

[edit] Paramedical Courses

• Diploma in Nursing (GNM)
• Diploma in Medical Lab Technology (DMLT)

[edit] Admission

The college admits 150 students to the MBBS course once every year based on the performance in the Tamilnadu Higher Secondary Examinations. 15% of these seats are reserved for the national common medical entrance test conducted by CBSE - All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT). Admissions are extremely competitive.

[edit] The Students

[edit] Undergraduates

• MBBS Students  : 150 (per year)

[edit] Postgraduates

• MD General Medicine  : 7 (per year)
• MD Paediatrics  : 3 (per year)
• MD Anaesthesiology  : 2 (per year)
• MD OBG  : 3 (per year)
• MD Psychiatry  : 1 (per year)
• MD DVL  : 1 (per year)
• MD Pharmacology  : 2 (per year)
• MD Pathology  : 1 (per year)
• MD Forensic Medicine  : 1 (per year)
• MD Microbiology  : 1 (per year)
• MD Physiology  : 1 (per year)
• MS General Surgery  : 3 (per year)
• MS Orthopaedics  : 3 (per year)
• MS ENT  : 1 (per year)
• MS Ophthalmology  : 1 (per year)

[edit] Hospitals and Other Units

[edit] Hospitals

• The Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital, Palayamkottai
• The Freida Monner Memorial Hospital (The Belgian Hospital), Kalakkad

The Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital is the referral hospital (tertiary care centre) for many other institutions in southern Tamilnadu. The hospital has a bed strength of 1078, with almost all speciality departments with necessary facilities like the Colour Doppler, Ultra Sound Scan, CT Scan, MRI Scan and Dialysis Unit, 800 MA and IIT (Image Intensifier TV).

[edit] Primary Health Centres

The following Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are attached to the college, under the Rural Oriented Medical Education (ROME) Programme.

• Pathamadai
• Thenthiruperai
• Thisayanvilai

[edit] Mobile Ophthalmic Unit

A Mobile Ophthalmic Unit attached to the Department of Ophthalmology renders free service to people in semi-urban and rural areas by organising eye camps in Tirunelveli District and Tuticorin District.

[edit] Batches

Each batch of Undergraduate (MBBS) students have a name for themselves. Few of those names are

• 1968 - 1975 Buds
• 1979 - 1985 Unity Batch
• 1984 - 1990 Dynamics
• 1986 - 1992 Silver Jubilians
• 1990 - 1996 Jubiliant
• 1991 - 1997 Celestials
• 1992 - 1998 Excelsiors (Gargantuans)
• 1994 - 2000 Dazzling Dragons
• 1995 - 2001 Centurions
• 1996 - 2002 Masters of Millennium
• 1997 - 2003 Immaculates
• 1998 - 2004 Zenforians
• 1999 - 2005 Insignius
• 2000 - 2006 Truculents
• 2001 - 2007 Verasians
• 2002 - 2008 Rampants
• 2003 - 2009 Philistines
• 2004 - 2010 Xorticanz
• 2005 - 2011 Ygdrasilerz/Wragorianz
• 2006 - 2012 ZentaurianZ
• 2007 - 2013 Thersanderz
• 2008 - 2014 Ssilastans

[edit] Alumni

The Tirunelveli Medical College boasts of a glittering alumni spread across the world. The Alumni are referred to by the name Nellaimedicos. Tirunelveli Medical College Alumni website

[edit] Gallery

Anatomy and Physiology Departments

College Auditorium

Lecture Theatre and Examination Halls

Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments

[edit] External links

• Tirunelveli Medical College
• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University
• Google Map of the College at Wikimapia

Coordinates: 8°42′53″N 77°45′21″E / 8.714710°N 77.755802°E / 8.714710; 77.755802

• Directorate of Medical Education, Tamilnadu
• Dept of Health, Government of Tamilnadu
• The Silver Jubilee Batch of TvMC