Tirunelveli Medical College

Government Tirunelveli Medical College, and the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital are located in Palayamkottai, the twin city of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu State of India. Palayamkottai is known as the Oxford of South India or Oxford of East and is the place of many a colleges, few of those institutions have been imparting higher education from the pre Independence era

Also called

 * Tirunelveli is also called as Nellai
 * This college is also called as TvMC
 * The students refer themselves as "Nellaimedicos"

History
In the Year 1965, the Government of Tamilnadu decided to start the Tirunelveli Medical College and the University of Madras agreed to the proposal and 75 students were admitted for the I MBBS course for the academic year 1965-66 and they had their Ist year of study in the local Arts and Science Colleges.

In July 1966 the 1st batch II MBBS students started attending the classes in the newly constructed Anatomy Block. Other departments like Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Social and Preventive Medicine started functioning in the subsequent years and the District Head Quarters 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. M.G.R Medical University in 1988.

The College has been recognised by the Medical Council of India, New Delhi in the year 1978.

The numbers of seats for the MBBS course has been increased from 75 to 100 since 1980 and in the same year Government has accorded sanction for the starting of Post Graduate Courses and further increased to 150 in the year 2003.

Hostel facilities are provided both for men and women students within the campus. The college had celebrated its Silver Jubliee in the year 1990.

Logo
The Logo of Tirunelveli Medical College has
 * 1) The Caduceus
 * 2) Paddy
 * 3) Words Duty Dignity Discipline

Caduceus
For description, please see Caduceus

Paddy
Paddy has been included to denote Tiru"nel"veli

Duty Dignity Discipline
These are the English translation of the very famous tamil slogan "kadamai, kanniyam, kattupadu"

Location
The Tirunelveli Medical College and its teaching hospital are located in an extensive area of about 350 acres (1.4 km²) of land at High Ground in Palayamkottai, the twin city of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu State of India. The local people as well as those from nearby places refer this hospital as the Highground Hospital.



The college, Hospital and Hostel are all located within 1 kilometre each and these are located about 7 kilometres from Railway Station and 5 Kilometres from the Bus Stand.

Administration
The college and hospital are funded and managed by Government of Tamil Nadu.

Courses Offered

 * MBBS
 * MD
 * MS

College
The college is present over a sprawling campus and has lecture halls, library, reading rooms, auditorium and separate hostels (2 each) for men and women. There is a central animal house with common laboratory animals for conduction of research programmes in the various departments.

Hospital
The hospital is the referral hospital (tertiary care centre) for other institution in southern Tamil Nadu. The Tirunelveli Medical College hospital has a bed strength of 1078 with almost all special departments with necessary facilities like the Colour Doppler, Ultra Sound Scan, CT Scan and Dialysis Unit and with recent inclusion of 800 MA & IIT (Image Intensifier TV).

The Staff

 * Professors/S.C.S : 12 + 59
 * Asst. Professors/Tutors : 54 + 87
 * Nursing Personnel : 176
 * Para Medical Staff : 241
 * Administrative Staff : 58
 * Sanitary Workers : 72
 * Others                : 194
 * Total                 : 807

Post Graduates

 * M.D General Medicine : 2
 * M.D Pathology         : 1
 * M.D Forensic Medicine : 1
 * M.D Microbiology : 1
 * M.S General Surgery : 3

Under Graduates

 * CRRIs                 : 99
 * M.B.B.S Students : 575

Para Medical

 * Nursing Students : 100
 * Multipurpose Health Worker Female : 30

Primary Health Centres
Three Primary Health Centres at Pathamadai, Thenthiruperai and Thisayanvillai are attached to this College under Rural Oriented Medical Education (ROME) Programme. Since 1980 for the exposure of the Medical Students and internees to the rural atmosphere in turns, Specialists from various departments accompany the students to train them and treat the patients in the rural areas. The Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine is in charge of the programme.

Mobile ophthalmic unit
Mobile ophthalmic unit attached to the Department of ophthalmology renders free service to people in semiurban and rural areas by organising eye camps in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin District.

Hospitals
The Government FRIEDA MONNIER HOSPITAL (FMH) in Kalakad Panchayat Union, which was established and managed by the representatives of a Belgian Organisation, is attached to Tirunelveli Medical College which is suitable to be utilised as a Rural Social Service Centre for the Studies of this College.

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


 * 68 - 75 Buds


 * 79 - 85 Unity Batch


 * 84 - 90 Dynamics
 * 90 - 96 Jubiliants
 * 91 - 97 Celestials
 * 92 - 98 Excelsiors & Gargantuans (G Batch)
 * 94 - 00 Dazzling Dragons (& C Batch)
 * 95 - 01 Centurions
 * 96 - 02 Masters of Millennium
 * 97 - 03 Immaculates (IMC batch)
 * 98 - 04 Zenforians
 * 99 - 05 Insignius
 * 00 - 06 Truculents
 * 01 - 07 Verasians
 * 02 - 08 Rampants
 * 03 - 09 Philistines
 * 04 - 10 Xorticanz
 * 05 - 11 YGdrasilierz & Wragorianz grp pic
 * 06 - 12 ZtrigarianZ