Government Medical College & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore

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Government Medical College and ESI Hospital Coimbatore
அரசு மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி and ஈ.எஸ்.ஐ மருத்துவமனை கோயம்புத்தூர்
Former names
ESIC Medical college and Hospital
Motto in English
Insurer's Health Ensured
TypePublic
Established2016
AffiliationTamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University
Superintendent Dr.Ravikumar MD
Dean Dr. Raveendran MD
Students500
Undergraduates 100 per year
Postgraduates 5 per year
Address
Kamarajar Road, Uppilipalayam, Singanallur
, , ,
641015
,
India

11°0′33.96″N77°1′28.04″E / 11.0094333°N 77.0244556°E / 11.0094333; 77.0244556
CampusUrban
Colors Brown,golden
Nickname GMCESIans, ESI Ravens( Basketball team), ESI Quizzers (Quiz team)
Websitegmcesi.co.in

Government Medical College & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore, is a Government co-educational Medical College located at Varadharajapuram, Singanallur, Coimbatore. It was established in 2016 under the aegis of the ESI Corporation, a central autonomous body under Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The college is attached to a 510-bedded Multi-Speciality Hospital which was built in 2016. [1] During the Covid pandemic, the hospital was the first referral centre for Coimbatore and neighboring districts and was the chief covid treatment centre that treated patients following which the number of beds were increased to 1000. It is also the only govt college in Tamil Nadu where all the wings of AYUSH are functional.

The college has an intake of 100 students per year via neet counselling. 85 seats are under State quota and 15 seats under the All India quota. As of 2021, all five batches are filled and the college is fast emerging as one of the best centres for medical education in the region. In 2022, 5 Postgraduate seats have also been started for Emergency Medicine in this college.

Student Life on Campus

The college has a very active student life involving culturals and academic activities.

Batches

The first five Batches are named as such:

2016 - Excalibranz

2017 - Salvarianz

2018 - Xanthronz

2019 - Zenforianz

2020 - Valerianz

2021 - Zavendorfz

2022 - Heilenthronz

Cultural Activities and Fests

Anatomy Model Making Competition- 3D Model Making

Anatomy Art Competition

Pongal Celebration 2016- Pattimandram and Tug of war were the main events to headline the function.

Ephedra-19 - First edition of Intracollege culturals

வியன்கா'19 - First grand event of Tamilmandram

Aadhava Vidiyal'21 - Pongal Celebration ( Native Parai Drummers were the special attraction that made headlines all over Coimbatore )

EsiOnam - Onam Celebration

Aurora'21 - Intracollege Online Cultural Event

Ephedra 2.0 '22 - Intracollege Culturals

Academic Activities

The major academic activities include quizzing tournaments organised by the quiz clubs of the college to promote active learning and bonding via competitive quizzing on medical subjects. Seminars are also presented by students time to time to inculcate CME training.

Renal Quiz- Intracollege Renal Quiz

Enteroquiz'18 - Intracollege Gastroenterology Quiz

Corpuscles'19 -Intracollege Hematology Quiz

Rhythm'21 - Intracollege Online Cardiology Quiz

Student Seminar Competitions

Research activities - Individual and ICMR Medical Student Research activity

Academic events like CME, Clinical case discussion, Symposium, Physician meet, Journal club, Surgeons meet will be conducted regularly in respective departments.

Sports

The college has an active sports environment that includes badminton, volleyball, kabbadi, kho-kho, football and cricket teams that have played and won multiple intercollege competitions.

Ephedra Sports Fest- the sports fest was held in tandem with the Ephedra culturals.

The sports facilities include a cricket ground, a football ground and Volleyball and Badminton Courts.


Campus Facilities

The entire campus has been divided into two parts. The first segment consists of the college block, auditorium, covid block, Girls hostel buildings(2 in number), cricket ground, football ground, mortuary,boys hostel and boys intern hostel. The second segment comprises the OPD, IPD,24×7 Buildings, ESI dispensary, girls intern hostel and staff quarters.

As of 2022, autopsies are being conducted at the mortuary and includes minimum 4 or 5 autopsies a day.

The EMD is functional and caters only to ESI patients for the time being and also general public who are RTA victims for 48hrs under the NK-48 scheme.


POSTGRADUATE COURSE

As of 2022, 5 seats for MD in Emergency Medicine have been sanctioned and postgraduates have been enrolled under NEET PG.The candidates divide their time between EMD and other postings for exposure in all departments.

Departments

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References

  1. Preetha, M. Soundariya (3 February 2016). "ESIC medical college, hospital buildings opened". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 April 2020.