1982
Indian Nursing Council (INC), Medical Council of India (MCI), Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council(KNMC)
Government
Co-Ed
About College
Government Medical College Thrissur,
established in 1982 is one of the leading centers in medical education in
Kerala, India. Spread over an area of more than 250 acres, it is located in the serene surroundings of Mulagunnathukavu
(M.G Kavu) 14 km from Thrissur. The Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) began
functioning in the campus in 2009
With the history of 25 years of meritorious
medical care, the institution is celebrated Silver Jubilee in 2007. We continue
to be the premier medical institution in this part of the state, delivering
health care to three districts of Kerala and to patients in the neighbouring
districts of Tamil Nadu. The college was inaugurated on April 1st, 1982
by the Governor of Kerala, Mrs. Jyothi Vencatachellam. Her Excellency also laid
the foundation stone for the proposed college building at
Mulagunnathukavu on 30th April 1982. Govt. Medical College, Thrissur
had its humble beginning at the campus of the Veterinary College at Mannuthy.
By March 1983, the institution had moved to
its permanent site at Mulagunnathukavu, where the old buildings of the T.B
sanatorium were modified to accommodate the pre-clinical and the para-clinical
departments as well as the administrative block. The clinical departments
started functioning on 22 October 1983 in the erstwhile District Hospital &
Maternity Hospital buildings in Thrissur City.
On April 1, 1985, the entire District
Hospital was taken over. Construction of the 300 bedded Medical College Chest
Hospital at Mulagunnathukavu was completed in 1987. The primary health centre
of Tholur was taken over by the college in 1986, for regular training of
medical students in community and preventive care. Ollur and Erumappetty
primary health centres were also made available for training purposes.
Construction of the 400-bed new medical college hospital was started on 1995.
The first class of 74 students was admitted
to the college in April 1982 who completed their course in the May 1987. The
college was granted permanent recognition by IMC in 1991 and by WHO in 1993. In
January 1995 construction of a new hospital complex was started in M.G Kavu.
M.D. Radiodiagnosis courses were started in 1997 & MD General Medicine
courses were started in 2004. In 2005 December the clinical departments were
shifted from District Hospital to the New Medical College Hospital Complex in
Mulagunnathukavu. The college celebrated Silver Jubilee in the year 2007.
