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Goverment Medical College,Thiruvananthapuram

Government Medical College,Thiruvananthapuramwas founded in 1951, and was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.



This is the oldest and most prestigious medical college in Kerala. It is being upgraded to the status of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The medical college campus also houses several other hospitals and institutions including the College of Nursing, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum Dental College, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Priyadarshini Institute of Paramedical Sciences and Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital for women and children.

Location



Government Medical College,Thiruvananthapuram is located 6 kilometers away from the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station and KSRTC Central Bus Station. The college campus and the hospital lies to the west of Kumarapuram-Ulloor Road which has been renamed Dr. C.O. Karunakaran Avenue.

History

The Government of Travancore in 1948 appointed a committee to formulate proposals for starting a Medical College at Trivandrum. The Committee submitted its report and the scheme was sanctioned in October 1948. Dr. C.O. Karunakaran was appointed Special Officer for the implementation of the scheme.

The College Campus has 139 acres (0.56 km2) of picturesque land with a number of hillocks surrounded by evergreen coconut groves and paddy fields, facing the sea which lies at a distance of three kilometers, and is located on the North – West border of the Thiruvananthapuram city. The College, is linked with the different sections of the city by bus routes, is very near the national highway NH 47 and the nearest railway station is just few kilometers from the college. The topographical layout and the architectural designs were prepared by Mr. J.A. Ritchie from Bombay. The College and the hospital buildings are separated by playgrounds for football, hockey, a cricket pitch, courts for tennis, basketball, badminton and volleyball and a 400 meter track.



The foundation stone of the College was laid by His Highness the Raja Pramuk of Travancore – Cochin at 11:45 AM on 26-01-1950. The first batch of students was admitted in August 1951. The College was formally inaugurated by Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru at 8:00 AM on 27th Nov. 1951. In January 1952, the Sri. Avittom Thirunal Hospital ( SATH ) was inaugurated by Smt. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. In 1952, men's hostel and 1year later women's hostel was also inaugurated. The Medical College Hospital was inaugurated by Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru on 1954.

The School of Nursing was inaugurated by Her Highness Sethu Lakshmi Bai in 1954 and upgraded to College of Nursing in 1963. The Cancer block was inaugurated in 1958 and later after two decades the Regional Cancer Centre, one of the premier cancer care centers in South India was established. The Dentistry course and the first post-graduate course commenced in 1959.

The sixties saw the establishment of library. The limb center, Mental hospital and Ophthalmic hospital were brought under Medical College administration. Later in nineties the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology came into existence. Over the years, the campus saw establishment of Sree Chitra Thirunal Centre, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Priya Darsini Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Silver Jubilee Auditorium and the Various hostels. The institution has thus grown to glorious proportions.

It is financed and administrated by Health and Family welfare Department, Govt. of Kerala. The Medical College is affiliated to the University of Kerala. Govt.Medical College,Thiruvananthapuram is the first medical college in Kerala. The college started with an annual admission of 60 students, which was increased to 200 in 1983.In addition to MBBS course, PG degree and diploma courses in 22 specialities, super specialty courses in 10 specialties etc. are conducted in this institution. The institute is under the University of Kerala and presently being shifted under the wings of KUHAS Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences

A super-specialty block with state-of-the-art technology and modern equipments, exclusively housing all the medical and surgical super-specialties of the college, has been completed and has started functioning as the OP block of the super-specialties from July 1, 2010. It was funded under the Prime Minister's Swasthya Bheema Yojna scheme and by the State government. The 253-bed SS block, spread over 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m2) on seven floors, houses the outpatient clinics and inpatient wards of the six super specialties, eight operation theatres, 29-bed six intensive care units, haemo dialysis unit and renal transplant unit, apart from administrative blocks. Full fledged functioning of the complex will commence after its proposed dedication to the nation by the Prime Minister.

 
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Fort Taluk Hospital to get new block soon

The Fort Taluk Hospital is all set to get a new building block for Rs 5 crore, Health Minister V S Sivakumar has announced. The expenses for the same will be met by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The first phase of the project costing Rs 1.5 crore will begin soon.

Upgrading the Fort CHC to Taluk Hospital has created 36 additional posts, including that of seven speciality doctors, informed the Minister. The Health Minister, who opened the clinical lab, also inaugurated the construction of the KHRWS payward building by laying the foundation stone for the same.

As many as 14 rooms will be built in the payward building of 4,430 square feet that will be built at a cost of Rs 82.5 lakh.

The function at which the Minister made these announcements of upgrading the Fort CHC and subsequent development activities on Monday was presided over by Deputy Mayor G Happykumar.

The Minister said that the foundation stone for the new medical college in the city, combining the General Hospital and the Women and Child Centre, Thycaud, will be laid on May 30. This is the second medical college for the city since 1951.

The SAT Hospital also will get a new block for Rs 80 crore, of which Rs 20 crore has been sanctioned. As much as Rs 50 crore will be sanctioned for the development of the medical college, which will include a modern mortuary and ventilator facilities.

The functioning time of all CHCs in the district have been made 24 hours. The aim is to provide treatment facilities to all people by expanding the basic facilities, said the Minister.

With this in mind, generic medicines will be given free of cost from the primary level. The Minister also gave instructions to start fever wards in all taluk hospitals.

TRIDA Chairman P K Venugopal, KHRWS managing director K M Unnikrishnan, NRHM programme manager Dr B Unnikrishnan and other HMC members attended the meeting.

source:indian express
 
#220 ·
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Nice to see that other important ministers are also given due importance in the inauguration.
Recognising other Ministers who had played important roles to get things done is essential for the success of any project.Even hoardings should give importance to other ministers.

Mayor,Councillors and local MLAs may be important for inagurations.But it is not their primary role to be present for all inauguration(s) and meetings.
 
#221 ·
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Nice to see that other important ministers are also given due importance in the inauguration.
Recognising other Ministers who had played important roles to get things done is essential for the success of any project.Even hoardings should give importance to other ministers.
:lol:

But I wonder about the procession of religious leaders, did any of their organizations donate funds for this project? Or is it another desperate attempt to keep the religious vote banks happy? :eek:hno:
 
#222 ·
I am still not sure about the choice of place the new medical college , could have started the medical college somewhere near kazhakootam, so that part of the world is covered, kazhakootam is the fast growing area in the state, could have planned a little bit more, the railway medical college which was allotted to Trivandrum should locate somewhere in Nemom so the southern part of the city including people from the border should benefit , its also near to vizhinjam which another place in Trivandrum which is expected to have a rapid growth in future.
Now the already congested general hospital JN: and the Thycaud area will have more traffic blocks with the growth of the medical college.
 
#223 ·
Well the logic that you summarized above seems to have had no place in the decision to establish this institution. In this case, the intention was to have something to brag about at minimal cost and effort.

Otherwise, there's no justification for cobbling together two separate hospitals, that are already extremely congested, into one educational institution in the middle of a land-starved, bustling city.
 
#227 ·
HLL Lifecare Ltd-The Global Healthcare Company

Dr M Ayyappan, who transformed HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) into a global healthcare company with its portfolios ranging from a leading manufacturer of quality contraceptives to interventions in public health programmes during the last one decade, has been given another extension as its Chairman and Managing Director by the Government of India.

Dr Ayyappan, who began his stint with HLL in 1991 as Marketing Manager, became its Managing Director in 2003. Two years later, in 2005, he rose to the pinnacle of its management hierarchy by becoming the CMD of the mini-Ratna public sector undertaking under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Under the stewardship of Dr Ayyappan, HLL Lifecare (formerly known as Hindustan Latex), a condom-manufacturer in the country, has become a healthcare behemoth and the sole PSU of its kind that has successfully forayed into areas like infrastructure development, consultancy, healthcare products, medical devices, healthcare treatment, blood bags, diagnostic services and
vaccines.

“My mandate will be to continue the social interventions that HLL is making and make sure that the healthcare delivery system in our country becomes affordable to the underserved population”.

Dr Ayyappan said, reacting to his extension.Under his leadership, HLL got upgraded to a schedule B and mini-Ratna company, clocking rapid growth since 2003-2004 and doing business worth Rs 1131 crore in 2012-13 — a growth of 35% in its turnover and profitability as compared to the previous year.

HLL has successfully diversified into several fields — manufacture of female condoms, rapid diagnostic test kits, pharma products and sanitary napkins, apart from launching of a diagnostic chain called Hindlabs, Merrygold health care franchising programme in Uttar Pradesh and joint venture with Acumen Fund to set up LifeSpring Hospitals. The formation of independent non-profit foundation, Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust

(HLFPPT), is another milestone in the growth of HLL under Dr Ayyappan. HLL’s manufacturing base is now spread throughout the country – three factories in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (Kerala), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Manesar (Haryana), Gajwal (Andhra Pradesh) and Belgaum (Karnataka), besides a network of Regional Offices throughout the country. The Infrastructure Development Division of HLL has successfully completed construction of several super-specialty hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) Phase I and is currently involved in construction of hospitals at Rhotak, Aligarh and Madurai and a Medical College for ESIC at Paripally, Quilon.

Another important accomplishment of HLL has been setting up a world-class R&D centre at Thiruvananthapuram. HLL has now become a public limited company and its equity base has been increased from Rs.15 crore to Rs.300 crore. It has also established another subsidiary company, HLL Biotech Limited, to implement the Integrated Vaccine Complex project involving an outlay of Rs.595 crore at Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu in 100 acres of land. It has been declared as a project of national importance, keeping in mind the need for vaccine security in the country.

The company’s flagship contraceptive brand ‘Moods’ has now become a super brand and power brand – a true recognition of the company’s leadership in marketing. Serving its customers in 115 countries around the globe, HLL has strong global presence for their various products. Over a period of time, HLL has emerged as a model public sector company in the country.
 
#229 ·
:applause::applause:

Good job done by VS Siva Kumar.
In the forth coming cabinet shuffling there is very chance for him to go back to KSRTC dept, If Chennithala is give Revenue portfolio and Adoor Prakask Back in Health dept.
Since the foundation stone laid and the finance included in the budget this project will materialise
 
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MCH will soon get seven biogas plants

If all goes well, the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) in the city will soon look clean and green. The state government has come up with a proposal to treat food waste generated on the hospital premises using biogas plants and has allotted funds for setting up seven biogas plants.

At a time when increasing food waste is posing a major environmental concern, the state government has entrusted Integrated Rural Technology Centre (IRTC), a Palakkad-based government agency, with the task of dealing with the issue.

As per the agreement, IRTC will carry out the entire task of collecting and disposing the waste. The agency has agreed to operate and maintain the biogas plants for five years.

The government has sanctioned Rs 3.5 crore for setting up the plants, which will use modern technology in treating the food waste collected.

According to officials, the decision to install biogas plants was taken in view of the large number of people coming to the hospital on a daily basis. The hospital, which is visited by more than 3,000 people a day, generates a huge amount of food waste.

With the setting up of the biogas plants, the food waste, as and when it is generated, will be fed into the biogas plants for production of methane gas. The gas formed will be routed to the stoves in the canteen kitchen through pipes.

“Instead of allowing the food waste to pile up and rot on the premises till the City Corporation vehicles arrive to clear it, we have decided to install biogas plants, which generate methane that can be used as cooking gas and for several other purposes. Apart from cooking, the incinerator in the hospital that is now fuelled by diesel will be made to operate using biogas once the plants start functioning,’’ said an official.

‘’Another issue that could be solved with the setting up of the biogas plants is the non-availability of hot water for the patients in SAT Hospital which had become a serious problem over the past several years,’’ said the project manager, Suresh Kumar.

The facility will certainly be a boon for the hospital authorities in keeping the hospital premises clean and generating the required gas for daily use of the entire MCH, he said.

“We will not only be saving money spent every day on disposal of waste, but also generating cooking gas. With the facility, we could save a good amount every month,” said an official. “More than savings, it is also an environment-friendly approach to tackle food waste,” he said.

The plants will be installed near SAT Hospital, Superspeciality block, in all three hostels and on the college premises. If things go as planned, the facility will be functional in a few months’ time.
 
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Advanced healthcare facilities in IT corridor

City Medical Centre (CMC), a speciality hospital with around 45 beds and state-of-the-art equipment promising affordable healthcare, will start it functioning at Kazhakkoottam on Wednesday.

Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor will inaugurate the hospital at 5.30 pm on that day. “For our hospital, we have purchased high-end equipment that will be manned by experts to diagnose and treat patients”, said Dr Jubily Unnithan, Managing Director of the hospital.

This 24-hour hospital has several departments, including orthopaedics, paediatrics, medicine, neurology, ENT and RMO with both surgery and medicine facilities. The hospital, with a 24-hour causality and emergency care and ambulance facility, can treat up to 1,000 out patients every day, said Dr Jubily.

The hospital is located along Bypass Road, about one-and-a -half kilometre away from Kazhakkoottam Junction. None of the hospitals in the IT Corridor has such facilities. The residents of Kazhakkoottam had to travel long for availing such facilities, as all the hospitals are several kilometres away.

Advanced medical equipment and facilities like CT scan, digital x-ray and a pharmacy have been set up in the hospital.

Kazhakkoottam MLA M A Vahid will preside over the inaugural function. CPI district secretary Kadakampalli Surendran will inaugurate the laboratory and BJP district president Karamana Jayan will be inaugurating the pharmacy. Poonthura councillor Jerald D’silva, Attipra councillor Sangeetha, Kazhakkoottam councillor Sreerekha, Chanthavila councillor Chanthavila Mohanan, CPM local committee secretary S S Biju, INTUC district president M S Anilkumar and others will speak.
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Advanced-healthcare-facilities-in-IT-corridor/2013/07/10/article1676681.ece
 
#239 ·
First Liver transplantation unit in Kerala to kick start soon

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The State’s first cadaver liver transplantation unit in the public sector will begin this year at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, the Health Minister, V. S. Sivakumar, said.

In the second phase, a multi-organ transplantation institute will be launched at MCH, he said. Mr. Sivakumar was chairing the high-level meeting convened here on Wednesday to discuss the progress of the on-going projects at MCH .

Mr. Sivakumar said that Rs. 15 cr had been earmarked in this year’s budget for the liver transplant programme , which will see the training and induction of transplant biologists, surgeons, anaesthesiologists, pathologists and more nursing and other para medical staff.

The foundation stone for the Rs. 28 cr multi-disciplinary research laboratory, with a modern animal house, will be laid in the first week of August. The Rs. 26-cr project, which includes a geriatric complex, multi-disciplinary intensive care unit, poly trauma unit and modern mortuary, is also in the initial phase

The initial steps for the Rs. 80 cr. Institute of Maternal and Child Health, as part of SAT hospital, is also being initiated. Infrastructural work to the tune of Rs. 20 cr will be taken up as part of this project, which will be implemented in partnership with NRHM.

The Casualty wing of MCH will be renovated at R. 4 cr. The hostel buildings for Post Graduates and Residents will be constructed at Rs. 4 cr.

The Principal Secretary (Health), Rajeev Sadanandan, the Director of Meical Education, V. Geetha, the Principal-in-charge, K. R. Vinayakumar, the MCH Superintendent, K. Mohandas, were among those who took part in the discussions.
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#245 ·
Indian Institute of Diabetes to be converted into centre of excellence :cheers:

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health minister V S Sivakumar has said that the Indian Institute of Diabetes at Pulayanarkotta in Thiruvananthapuram will be upgraded as a centre of excellence. He was speaking after inaugurating the new building of the institute here on Wednesday. He said that the government aims to convert this centre as a research centre for lifestyle diseases.


The facilities of the specialty clinics at the Indian Institute of Diabetes will be upgraded soon. More arrangements would be made to provide treatment for heart diseases, renal problems, eye-checkups and for stroke patients. It has been decided to develop the outpatient wing department and laboratory facilities. The minister said that the 13th finance commission has already sanctioned Rs 14 crore for the development of the institute.

The health minister said that the state has fast become the lifestyle diseases capital. It is estimated that out of the two lakh deaths occurring in the state per year about 40% of the deaths are due to lifestyle diseases. People of the age group ranging from 30 to 60 are affected with the lifestyle diseases. The state government has executed a seven point guideline to check the lifestyle diseases. As part of this a lifestyle screening campaign has been initiated and the target is to cover one crore people under this campaign. Till now about 42 lakh people have been screened, of which 2,32,000 people have been detected with diabetes and 2,30,000 people have been identified with blood pressure.

TOI.
 
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