GOVT GENERAL HOSPITAL THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

According to the text, the Government General Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram served as an early training site for medical students prior to the establishment of the Medical College Hospital. The text notes that the clinical departments of medicine and surgery, along with the college hospital, were established in 1952, but before this, students were trained at the general hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. It is also mentioned that R. Kesavan Nair, who was the chief surgeon at the general hospital, was later appointed professor of surgery, indicating a connection between the general hospital and the developing medical college. No further details about the general hospital's founding date, administration, affiliation, or other institutional facts are provided in the text.