SUT Academy of Medical Sciences is located in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, the capital of

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state,

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. It was founded in 2006 and is managed under the Sri. Moogambigai Charitable Trust.

Location

SUT Academy of Medical Sciences is in the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram — just 13 kilometers from Thiruvananthapuram city. The college campus and the hospital lie on

Vattappara Vattappara is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. , well known for its geographical peculiarities with quarries that are generally used for extracting building materials (rock).This town is by the side of MC ...

Nedumangad Nedumangad is a town and municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area of Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, and is the headquarters of Nedumangad tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division (RDO). It is a suburb ...

road, at Vencod Junction.

History of the SUT Group of Hospitals

Sree Uthradom Thirunal Hospital was inaugurated by E. K. Nayanar, then chief minister of Kerala, in 1987, at a time when tertiary care facilities were extremely inadequate in this part of the country. The main aim of the hospital was to establish such advanced medical and surgical facilities one by one. The hospital was started with full facilities for

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and Open Heart Surgery. The first coronary artery bypass surgery on beating heart in

was done here. The first

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was done here as well in 1988, three years after its introduction.{{{fact, date=May 2020 SUT Group started its second hospital, SUT Mother & Baby Hospital, at

Pattom Pattom is a dense commercial region of Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala, India. It is located approximately 4 kilometres north of centre of Thampanoor. Pattom is largely a residential area, also housing few important administration offices of Ke ...

in 2001. It is devoted to high standards of care in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology. The Academy was started in 2006 based in 30 acres of grounds. A new SUT Royal Hospital was started near

Ulloor Ulloor is a city locality in the Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It was the home of the modern Malayalam triumvirate poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer. The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and Credence Hospital Thiruvananthap ...

in 2010. SUT Group, under the Dr. K.N. Pai Heart Foundation had established a SUT Rural General Hospital at

Municipality, to provide medical care at affordable costs. This hospital became the choice for the establishment of the new medical college, which is now being expanded to make it a center for the learning and practice of medicine. Currently, the hospital and campus is run by Sri.Moogambigai Charitable and educational Trust.

Campus

The campus contains separate hostels for men and women, each complete with a study room, entertainment and indoor games room and an in-house gymnasium. sutadministrationview

Administration

The college is headed by principal Dr. Salil Kumar and governed by Sri. Moogambigai Charitable and Education Trust. SUTnewblock

Academics

The first batch of students was admitted in October 2006. The annual admission is 100 students. The four and a half year course offered by the institution is

M.B.B.S. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

and it has to precede a one year serving as an intern.

Academic departments

Pre-Clinical (two semesters) *Anatomy *Physiology *Biochemistry Para-Clinical (three semesters) *Pharmacology *Microbiology *Pathology *Forensic Medicine Paraclinical block

Clinical (four semesters) *Community Medicine *General Medicine *General Surgery *Obstetrics & Gynaecology *Paediatrics *Ophthalmology *ENT Each semester consists of roughly six months. Sutamsterrace

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