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Kilpauk Medical College

Government Kilpauk Medical College
The new faculty block of Kilpauk Medical College
MottoMens Sana Incorpore Sano ("A sound mind in a sound body")
TypeMedical college
Established1960
DeanDr. P. Leo David
Location
Chennai
,
India
AffiliationsThe Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Websitehttp://gkmc.in/

Government Kilpauk Medical College (GKMC) is a government medical institution in Chennai, India. Founded in 1960, there are four hospitals attached to GKMC - Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. They are Government Royapettah Hospital, Government Thiruvotteeswarar Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Government Peripheral Hospital, K.K.Nagar and Government Peripheral Hospital, Anna Nagar. The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. It offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

The hospital is the third in the government sector, after the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and the Government Royapettah Hospital, to have a full-fledged emergency department, which includes triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.[1] The hospital is recognised as a level II trauma care centre. The zero-delay ward of the hospital receives an average of 40 to 50 cases every day.[1]

History

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1925 - In response to the feeling of Nationalism and keeping alive the ancient systems of indigenous medicine the school of Indian medicine was started. The degree conferred at this institution was L.I.M.

1947 In accordance to the recommendations of the Usman Committee, Chopra Committee and the Pundit Committee of Government of Madras and Government of India, the character of the institute was changed, upgraded and named as College of Indian Medicine. The college gave the degree as G.C.I.M.

1948 The college was again renamed as College of Indigenous Medicine and one of the three systems of Indigenous Medicine, Ayurvedha-Siddha-Unani, should be chosen by each candidate who joins GCIM and Allopathic Medicine was common to all.

1953 The college was renamed as the College of Integrated Medicine. The course was shortened to 4.5 years and one year of compulsory house-surgeoncy on par with MBBS course. Government ensured that the GCIM graduates could practice both the systems of medicine. In 1959 the first batch of GCIM students were admitted and in 1960 the College of Indigenous Medicine was closed.

1960 The Integrated Medicine Course (MBBS degree) was started. The first and second year GCIM students were given the option of joining the MBBS course, while the senior students were offered the D.M&S on completion of the course and bringing them into the allopathic fold.

1965 The college was recognised as Women Medical College and named as Government Kilpauk Medical College, admitting only women candidates for MBBS degree. Meanwhile, those who had completed GCIM, D.M&S were given the option to undertake condensed MBBS course at the Chengalpattu Medical College to obtain the MBBS degree and come into the fold of modern medicine.

1967 The women students agitated to have a co-educational institution and the erstwhile Government of Madras granted permission. Both men and women were admitted to the MBBS degree from 1967.

1972 Development of the Medical College was set into pace with the Surgical Block coming into being. Later all the different super-specialities came into being between 1972 and 2001.

1981 Intensive Care Unit was sanctioned with 10 beds and was commissioned in June 1981 by Hon. Dr. H.V. Hande, the Minister for Health, Government of Tamil Nadu. A 50 bedded comprehensive burn unit was sanctioned on the I floor of the out-Patient Block and was commissioned in March 1985 by Hon. Dr. H.V. Hande, then Minister for Health under the Presidency of Dr. Lalitha Kameswaran, then Director of Medical Education.

1984 Department of Cardiology was sanctioned with Prof. S. Thanikachalam as its Chief.

1987 Department of Nephrology was sanctioned and commissioned in July 1987 with Prof. C.M. Thiagarajan as its Chief.

1988 Department of Surgical Gastroenterology was sanctioned with Prof. Srikumari Damaodharan as its Chief.

Classes and years of entry

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Every class of MBBS students has assigned to itself an (unofficial) name denoting the year of their entry into the medical school.

The recent batches

Affiliation

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The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.[2]

Undergraduate programs

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This College provides UG MBBS Course recognised by NMC - National Medical Commission Of India with a strength of 150 students per year. It is a 5.5 year course including 1 year of CRMI (Internship). The Admission is through the All India Exam named NEET UG - National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) happening once every year.

Selection for admission for 85% of the total seats is done by Directorate of Medical Education and Research,Tamilnadu under the Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu) and for the remaining 15% seats, it is done by the Medical Counselling Committee under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Postgraduate programs

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Previously, the seats in the different postgraduate programs (diploma and degree programs) were filled by:

Since 2017, there are no separate entrance exams, and a candidate has to qualify a single entrance exam, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), to get into a post-graduate seat.

Details of diploma, postgraduate degree and higher specialty courses

Postgraduate diploma course

Postgraduate degree course

Postgraduate higher speciality degree course

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b Josephine, M. Serena (28 April 2019). "Chennai's third full-fledged emergency dept. at KMC". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ http://www.tnmmu.ac.in Archived 2006-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Kilpauk Medical College gets 2 more seats in MD Pediatrics". Medical Dialogues. 20 January 2017.
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