GOVERNMENT NURSING COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM

The Government Nursing College, Ernakulam operates within the campus of Government Medical College, Ernakulam, situated at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala. It is one of the components of the medical college complex, which also includes a 700-bedded Medical College Hospital and the Cochin Cancer Research Centre. The nursing college shares the campus facilities available to the broader institution, such as a cafeteria, gymnasium, library, football stadium, basketball court, volleyball court, and indoor badminton courts, as well as furnished hostels for students and staff quarters. The text notes that the College of Nursing functions in the college campus alongside Biomedical Engineering courses and Operation Theatre courses. Each year, separate graduation ceremonies are held for both MBBS and nursing graduates, indicating that the nursing college conducts its own distinct academic program culminating in a graduation event. No specific founding date, affiliation, or website for the nursing college itself is provided in the text; these details pertain primarily to the parent Government Medical College, Ernakulam, previously known as Cochin Medical College, which was established in 1999 and later taken over by the Government of Kerala in 2013.