GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE-Thiruvananthapuram

The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, is a public medical college located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Founded in 1951, it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and is recognized as Kerala's first medical college. The campus, spanning 232.5 hectares, houses the Medical College Hospital along with several other institutions such as the Colleges of Nursing and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Dental College, the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, the Priyadarshini Institute of Paramedical Sciences, the Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital for Women and Children, the Child Development Centre, and the Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory. The Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, also part of the college, is being upgraded to a national-level independent institute. The foundation stone was laid in 1950 by the Raja Pramukh of Travancore–Cochin, and the college was dedicated by Nehru in 1951. It began with departments of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and bacteriology, later expanding to include community medicine, forensic medicine, and other clinical departments. The college is financed and administered by the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Government of Kerala, and since 2010 has been affiliated with the Kerala University of Health Sciences.