Government Villupuram Medical College

Government Villupuram Medical College
Established 1952
Parent institution


Dean Dr. Usha Sadasivan
Students 500
Undergraduates 100 per year each in medical
Location villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India
11°35′25″N 79°18′38″E / 11.590360°N 79.310500°E / 11.590360; 79.310500Coordinates: 11°35′25″N 79°18′38″E / 11.590360°N 79.310500°E / 11.590360; 79.310500
Website www.vmcvpm.ac.in

The Government Villupuram Medical College is an educational institution established in 2010 in Mundiyampakkam village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The college accepts 100 students per year, of which 85 are state quota seats and 15 are from the All India quota. It is a Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized medical college. It was opened by ex-education minister Ponmudi.

The college has a 500-bed tertiary care teaching hospital. It includes a zero delay casualty and emergency ward as well as specialty departments including neurology, neurosurgery, urology and pediatric surgery. It has an on-site hospital equipped with treatment and investigative equipment such as laparoscopy, laser and MRI scanners.

Hostel facilities

The college has separate male and female on-campus hostel facilities for 250 students. It also has separate hostels for internship doctors, doctors and nurses.

Central library

The 1600 square meter central library was built with seating for 100 students. It held 7000 textbooks and reference books as of 2015 along with 100 medical journals.

Medical education unit

The Medical Education Unit (MEU) is located on the third floor of the college building. It can accommodate 250 seats. The MEU contains audio-visual aids, computers with internet facilities and CD-Books. Medical Council of India Regulation on graduate Medical Education 1997 emphasized that faculty members should employ modern education technology. To attain this objective, medical education units/departments should be established for faculty development and provide learning resource material for teachers. Due to this directive from MCI, the MEU has been created at Government Villupuram Medical college.

Remedium 2015

Classes

Every class of MBBS students assigns itself a name denoting the year of their entry into the medical school.

Health insurance scheme

A health insurance scheme was started in February 2012. A separate insurance ward was created and named the CMHIS Ward 500. The ward is located on the 2nd floor. There are 28 beds in total with screens for privacy.

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