Thanjavur Medical College Date: 20-11-2019
Thanjavur Medical College (TMC) was established in the year 1959. The medical college is located in Thanjavur district.
Thanjavur Medical College is one of the prominent medical colleges in India. The medical college was started to cater the Health care needs of about one crore people in and around Thanjavur District.
TMC is affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University and recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Thanjavur Medical College provides exceptional teaching and learning facilities to 150 MBBS students, 70 postgraduate medical students, 29 postgraduate diploma students and 3 super specialty students every year.
The medical college offers postgraduate courses like MD and MS in different fields of medicine like Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, General Medicine, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Pathology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Anatomy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, ENT, General Surgery, Orthopedics.
The medical college offers postgraduate diploma course in Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy, Anesthesiology, Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Psychological Medicine, Radio Diagnosis and Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases.
The super-specialty courses offered at Thanjavur Medical College include Neuro Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Plastic Surgery.
Thanjavur Medical College has two teaching hospitals namely Government Raja Mirasudar and Thanjavur Medical College Hospital. Thanjavur Medical College Hospital is 678-bedded hospital that provides treatment to about 850 to 1000 inpatients daily in addition to thousands of outpatients. The hospital is gradually grown up as a multi-specialty postgraduate institution. Government Raja Mirasudar has bed strength of 640. Trauma cases account for 90 percent of the inpatient admission daily in the hospital. These hospitals serve as best learning centers for the students to gain immense practical knowledge.
Thanjavur Medical College is located in a vast landscape of 228 acres lush green campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure. The medical college provides facilities like well-equipped laboratories, lecture theatres, spacious auditorium, well-stocked library, residential and sports facilities.