Vellore, also natively spelt as Velur, is a sprawling city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separated into four zones that are further subdivided into 60 wards, covering an area of 153.14 km2 and housing a population of 315128 as reported by the 2011 census. It is located about 137.20 kilometres (85 mi) west of Chennai, and about 213.20 kilometres (132 mi) east of Bangalore. Vellore is located on the Mumbai–Chennai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral. Vellore is governed under a mayor and the Vellore Municipal Corporation. It is a part of both the Lok Sabha and state assembly constituencies of Vellore.
Christian Medical College, Vellore, widely known as CMC, Vellore, is a private, Christian minority community-run medical college and hospital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. This institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals.
Tirunelveli Medical College, also known as TVMC, is a public medical institution in south India, located in the city of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Madras Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1835, it is one of the oldest medical colleges in India, as well as in Asia.
Madurai Medical College is a medical school attached to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The hospital provides tertiary care to more than twenty million people in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. The hospital was established in 1842 and became a teaching hospital in 1954. The hospital was formerly known as Erskine's Hospital.
Government Kilpauk Medical College (GKMC) is a government medical institution in Chennai, India. Founded in 1960, there are four hospitals attached to GKMC - Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. They are Government Royapettah Hospital, Government Thiruvotteeswarar Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Government Peripheral Hospital, K.K.Nagar and Government Peripheral Hospital, Anna Nagar. The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. It offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Anbumani Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the First Manmohan Singh ministry from (2004–2009) as a part of the UPA government. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. He is also the president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi political party.
The profession of occupational therapy was established in India in 1950. Despite its 70 years of existence in India, he profession has gained momentum in the healthcare sector of India only in the past decade.
Government Vellore Medical College (GVMC) or Government Vellore Medical College Hospital (GVMCH) is a Medical Council of India (MCI) recognised medical college located at Adukkamparai, Vellore city in Tamil Nadu. It is about 8 km from Vellore Town Bus Terminus. Established in 2005, it is a relatively new medical college in Tamil Nadu offering an MCI recognised Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), MD in General Medicine/ Anesthesiology /Emergency Medicine/ Dermatology/ Pediatrics and MS- General Surgery/ ENT/ Ophthalmology/ Orthopedics / obstetrics and gynaecology and Mch - Neurosurgery(3yr).
Chengalpattu Government Medical College is an educational institution located in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India, 54 km south-west of Chennai. Ranked 5th among the government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited (TNMSC) (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு மருத்துவப் பணிகள் கழகம் (வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது) (டி என் எம் எஸ் சி)) is a state-government undertaking of Government of Tamil Nadu located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The TNMSC was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 1 July 1994.
K.A.P. Viswanatham Medical College is a medical college started in 1997 and named after famous Tamil scholar K.A.P. Viswanatham. It started with a capacity to accommodate 100 Under graduate students. Since the year 2007, Post graduate courses were also started. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital is attached to K.A.P.V Medical College. It is situated 2 km away from the college campus. It run by the state government of Tamil Nadu, which is recognized by the National Medical Commission. It is located in the city of Trichy, in Tamil Nadu. The college was ranked third by students in counselling in 2010.
Healthcare in Chennai is provided by both government-run and private hospitals. Chennai attracts about 45 percent of health tourists from abroad arriving in the country and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists. The city has been termed Health Capital of India. Multi- and super-specialty hospitals across the city bring in an estimated 150 international patients every day. Factors behind the tourists' inflow in the city include low costs, little to no waiting period, and facilities offered at the speciality hospitals in the city.
The Department of Health and Family Welfare is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu and is responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in the state.
Thoothukudi Medical College, also known as TKMC, or Government Medical College Thoothukudi, is a medical institution in South India, located in the city of Thoothukudi, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and is recognised by the National Medical Commission of India and World Health Organization.
Voluntary Health Services, popularly known as the VHS Hospital, is a multispecialty tertiary care referral hospital in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, reportedly serving the economically weaker sections of the society. It was founded in 1958 by Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi, an Indian physician, social worker and a winner of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards and is run by a charitable non governmental organization of the same name. The hospital is situated along Rajiv Gandhi Salai at Taramani, in Chennai.
The Government Villupuram Medical College is an educational institution established in 2010 in Mundiyampakkam village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It's one of the best medical institutions in India. The college accepts 100 MBBS students per year, of which 85 are state quota seats and 15 are from the All India quota. The college also accepts 140 allied health science/paramedical degree students and 130 allied health science/diploma students per year. It is a Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized medical college.
Siddha Central Research Institute (SCRI) is a center for clinical research and methodology in Siddha medicine. This Institute is located in the campus of Arignar Anna Government Hospital of Indian Systems of medicine at Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is functioning under the Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS).
Kethureddipatti is a Village Panchayat in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located at 30 km (19 mi) from Dharmapuri town. It comes under Pappireddipatti taluk and Kadathur Block. It belongs to Pappireddipatti State Legislative Assembly Constituency and Dharmapuri Loksabha Constituency. It consists of nine panchayat wards. As per the 2011 Census, the total population of this village is 4,808.
