Trivandrum Medical College

Trivandrum Medical College located in the capital city of Kerala was founded in 1951 and was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.In his inaugural address Panditji said” "the true conception of promoting health is to prevent ill-health and not to give ill-health, and to attempt to regain health"
The strong foundation laid by illustrious men like Dr. C.O. Karunakaran, Dr. N. Krishnan Thampi, Dr. Kesavan Nair and others has built up this institution to one of excellence..
The architectural designs were prepared by Mr. J.A. Ritchie from Bombay. The College and the hospital buildings are separated by playgrounds for football, hockey, a cricket pitch, courts for tennis, basketball, badminton and volleyball and a 400 meter track.
In January 1952, the Sri. Avittom Thirunal Hospital ( SATH ) was inaugurated by Smt. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. In 1952,the men's hostel and 1year later the women's hostel was also inaugurated. The Medical College Hospital was inaugurated by Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1954. The School of Nursing was inaugurated by Her Highness Sethu Lakshmi Bai in 1954 and upgraded to College of Nursing in 1963.
The Cancer block was inaugurated in 1958 and later after two decades the Regional Cancer Centre, one of the premier cancer care centers in South India was established.
The BDS course and the first PG course commenced in 1959. The sixties saw the establishment of the central library. The artificial limb center, Mental hospital and Ophthalmic hospital were brought under the Medical College administration. Later in the nineties the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology came into existence.
Over the years, the campus saw the establishment of Sree Chitra Thirunal Centre, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Priya Darsini Institute of Paramedical Sciences and the Silver Jubilee Auditorium. The institution has thus grown to glorious proportions over these years.
The college is headed by the Principal Prof. Ramdas Pisharady and the Vice Principal Prof. Sudheendra Ghosh. The hospital is administered by superintedent Dr.A.Nizarudeen, Deputy Superintendent: Dr.C.Jayan and RMO Dr.R.C.Sreekumar