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 ==See also==

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{{short description|Medical college in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox College
|image = KAPVGMC Entrance.jpg
|name = K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College
|motto = Care, Serve, Cure
|established = 1997
|type = Government Medical College and Hospital
|head_label = Management
|head = [[Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)]] - Directorate of Medical Education
|undergrad = 150 per year (MBBS)
|postgrad = 94 per year (MD&MS) 04 per year (DM)
|city = Periyamilaguparai, Collector office road, [[Tiruchirappalli]].
|coor = {{Coord|10.797492|78.677269}}
|state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|country = [[India]]
|campus = Urban
|affiliations = [[Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.kapvgmc.ac.in/}}
|dean=Prof.Dr.Vanitha MD.,|nickname=KAPVians}}
'''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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmc.org.in/information-desk/for-students-to-study-in-india/list-of-college-teaching-mbbs|title=NMC Approved Medical Colleges in India |work=Medical Council of India|date=1 April 2021|access-date=1 April 2201}}</ref> It is located in the city of [[Trichy]], in Tamil Nadu. The college was ranked third by students in counselling in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/04/stories/2010080457420300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123131756/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/04/stories/2010080457420300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2010|title=KAPV Medical College third preferred in counselling |date=4 August 2010|access-date=1 June 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=R. Krishnamoorthy}}</ref>

==Admission==
The college admits 150 students to the MBBS course once every year through NEET. Of this 85% is state quota which is allotted by DME of Government of Tamil Nadu and the remaining 15% is All India Quota allotted by MCC of Central Government of Republic of India.

==Facilities==
The college has more than 30 departments. There are three men's hostels and two women's hostels on campus. It has a stadium that seats 750. There are four lecture halls with over 150 seats. The Central Library is home to over 7,000 books and national and international journals. It has two reading halls, one for masters and the other for professors. There are two indoor and outdoor sports facilities, including a gymnasium, a basketball court, a feather ball stadium, a badminton and two volleyball courts. It also has the ability to play round ball, golf ball, table tennis, soccer and foot ball.

==Courses offered==

===Undergraduate Medical Course===
*MBBS (5 and a half years in duration) with 150 seats per year from 2013.

===Postgraduate Medical Courses===
*Degree courses (3 years in duration)
#MD [[General Medicine]] (14 seats/year)
#MD [[Anesthesiology]] (13 seats/year)
#MD [[Biochemistry]] (05 seats/year)
#MD [[Paediatrics]] (09 seats/year)
#MD [[Psychiatry]] (04 seats/year)
#MD [[Pathology]] (06 seats/year)
#MD [[Microbiology]] (03 seats/year)
#MD [[Forensic Medicine]] (03 seats/year)
#MD [[Anatomy]] (03 seats/year)
#MS [[General Surgery]] (16 seats/year)
#MS [[Obstetrics and Gynecology]] (09 seats/year)
#MS [[Orthopaedics]] (05 seats/year)
#MS [[Ophthalmology]] (02 seats/year)
#MS [[Ear, Nose and Throat]] (02 seats/year)

===Super Speciality Courses===
*Degree courses (3 years in duration)
#DM [[Cardiology]] (02 seats/year)
#DM [[Neurology]] (02 seats/year)

===Diplomo Courses===
* [[Diploma in Nursing]] (Three and a half years including six months Internship)
* Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (Two years)

===Technician Courses===
*Theatre Technician (1 Year)
*Anaesthesia Technician (1 Year)
*Orthopaedic Technician (1 Year)
*Emergency Care Technician (1 Year)
*Respiratory Therapy Technician (1 Year)
*Certified of Radiological Assistant (1 Year)

===Other Courses===
*Nursing Assistant Course (1 Year)
*Physician Assistant

==Classes and years of entry==
Every class of MBBS students has assigned to itself an (unofficial) name denoting the year of their entry into the medical school.

The recent batches
*1997 - Genesis
*2006 - Orionic Medentis
*2009 - Cedicianz
*2010 - Krenoviantz
*2011 - Rapharites Onze
*2012 - Incaendo Decernozz
*2013 - Walderianz
*2014 - Desperato Xaidenz
*2015 - Asphyro Tritanz
*2016 - Zehastianz
*2017 - Spiloglasterz
*2018 - liewentronz
*2019 - Yexordianz
*2020 -

==See also==
* [[List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions]]
* [[List of Tamil Nadu Government's Medical Colleges]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.kapvgmc.ac.in/}}

{{Government Medical Colleges of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Health in Tamil Nadu}}
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[[Category:Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Tiruchirappalli]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1997]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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