Tuesday, June 2, 2015

IRT Perundurai Medical College mulls increasing student intake

The IRT Perundurai Medical College has readied a proposal requesting consent of the State Government and the Medical Council of India for increasing student intake for MBBS from 60 to 100. The College has also taken initiatives for commencing PG programmes, M. Rajendran, Dean, said.

As advised by the MCI, the College has initiated work on construction of an auditorium at a cost of Rs. 2.2 crore, and is in the process of converting a classroom into gallery model, said Dr. Rajendran, who has served in the institution in different capacities since 1988 before assuming charge as the new Dean last week. The student strength has remained static for the last 20 years. The Transport Ministry under which the college functions has backed the institution’s efforts for enhancing student intake, suiting the increase in facilities in the 300-bedded hospital. On an average, there are more than 250 in-patients and the number of outpatients was now above 900 per day, Dr. Rajendran said.

On the recommendation of the district administration, Gobichettipalayam Member of Parliament Sathyabama sanctioned money from the constituency development fund for installation of two ventilators.

Recruitments were already made to increase the number of doctors in the hospital that now had a strength of 124 doctors. The Intensive Care Unit was the best in the district with 100 beds for cardiac care. In the Trauma Care section with 20 beds, four medical officers were on duty round the clock.

Dr. Rajendran who had joined as a lecturer in 1988, became an Assistant Professor in 1994, Associate Professor in 2001, and Professor, Department of Surgery in 2005. Between 2002 and 2008, he served as Resident Medical Officer, and from then on as Deputy Superintendent.

Last March, he was made the Dean In-Charge. Dr. Rajendran had served in the senate of Dr. M.G.R. Medical University for two terms: 2003-2006 and 2010-13. During September 2012, he received the State Government’s Best Teacher Award.

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