KAPV medical college gets 48 more PG seats

With this, the number of PG seats at the college will go up to 65 from 17

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has permitted the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College to offer 48 more Post Graduate seats from 2017-18. With this, the number of PG seats at the college will go up to 65 from 17.

Speaking to reporters, Marry Lilly, Dean of the college, said that it had got communication from the MCI and the State government to increase PG seats. It had enabled the college to increase the MS (General Surgery) seats from 4 to 16. Similarly, MD (General Medicine) would go up to 14 from 4. MD (Anaesthesia) would be increased to 13 from 4. MD (Paediatric) seats would be increased to 9 from 2. The number of PG seats in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (MS O&G) would go up to 9 from 2. The college has one PG seat in psychiatry. It would be increased to 4.

Stating that increase in PG seats would be a boon to aspiring students, she said the college had set up all needed infrastructure for admitting additional PG students. The nod was given based on a proposal sent to MCI recently. She said one more proposal had been sent to MCI for starting new PG courses in MS (Orthopaedics), MS (Ophthalmology), M.D (Anatomy), M.D (Microbiology) and M.D. (Pathology). It had been asked to permit 26 PG seats in the new courses.

The new main building, which was sanctioned by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had been brought to optimum utilisation. Nine super speciality departments such as cardiology, neurology, neuro surgery, nephrology, urology, paediatrics, plastic surgery and oncology had been functioning in the main building. Except nephrology, oncology and neuro surgery, all other departments had been functioning with required with full staff (a professor and two assistant professors). Other departments had one specialist. Steps had been initiated to fill vacancies.

Dr. Lilly added that to provide treatment to cancer patients, out-patients section had been functioning on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The medical college hospital had facility to treat cancer patients with chemotherapy. The X-ray section had been digitised to enable doctors to view the image of patients on monitor within a few seconds of taking X-ray. Similarly, it had acquired new endoscope and colonoscopy to treat patients with stomach diseases.