GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, ERNAKULAM

Government Medical College, Ernakulam, previously known as Cochin Medical College, is a government medical college situated at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 1999 by the Co-operative Academy of Professional Education under the Department of Co-operation, Government of Kerala, and was taken over as a government institution on 11 December 2013. The college admits 110 MBBS students annually and offers postgraduate courses in Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pathology and Microbiology, along with a College of Nursing, Biomedical Engineering courses and Operation Theatre courses. The campus, spread over about 60 acres, includes a 700-bedded hospital, the Cochin Cancer Research Centre, hostels, and staff quarters, as well as recreational facilities like a cafeteria, gymnasium, library, football stadium, basketball court, volleyball court and indoor badminton courts. The college initially functioned at General Hospital, Ernakulam, and Indira Gandhi Cooperative Hospital before moving to its present campus in 2004, inaugurated by then Chief Minister A.K. Antony. Dr P.G.R. Pillai was the founding principal. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital served as a dedicated COVID care centre and used a robot named 'KARMI-Bot', donated by actor Mohanlal, to assist patients.