Government Medical College, Kozhikode, also known as Calicut Medical College (CMC), is a school of medicine in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

(formerly Calicut) in the

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Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. The college was established in 1957 as the second medical college in Kerala. With over 3025 beds, it is currently the largest hospital in India. Formerly affiliated to the University of Calicut, the college is now attached to the Kerala University for Health Sciences (KUHS). Calicut Medical College is the most preferred medical college of Kerala during both All India as well as state counsellings for M.B.B.S. admission.Calicut Medical College is one of the largest medical college in India with an area covering more than 270 acres of land in the outskirts of Calicut City Kozhikode Medical College

Publication

It publishes the '' Calicut Medical Journal''. The Institute of Palliative Medicine of Kozhikode is part of it.

Institutes

Institute of Maternal and Child Health

The Institute of Maternal and Child Health (IMCH) is a 1100 bed tertiary care center dedicated to maternal and child health care. The Institute of Maternal and Child Health of Medical College is a regional diagnostic centre for Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders. This collaborative centre provides clinical care as well as genetic diagnosis for patients with

Primary immunodeficiency Primary immunodeficiencies are disorders in which part of the body's immune system is missing or does not function normally. To be considered a ''primary'' immunodeficiency (PID), the cause of the immune deficiency must not be secondary in nature ( ...

disorders. This collaborative centre is part of the Genomics for Understanding Rare Diseases India Alliance Network (GUaRDIAN) Initiative.

Institute of Palliative Medicine

Institute of Palliative Medicine (IPM) is a WHO collaborative centre for Community participation in Palliative Care and Long term Care

Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

The

Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) is an Indian autonomous institute in Kozhikode under the Government of Kerala. The permanent campus of the institute is situated adjacent to the Government Medical College, Kozhikode The instit ...

(IMHANS) is an autonomous institute under the government of Kerala.

Government Women and Children hospital, Kozhikode

This was established in 1903 by Raja Sir Savalai Ramaswamy Mudaliar and was handed over to the Government on 22 September 1903

Notable alumni

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, physician, Padma Shri (2011) * K. C. Joseph, politician *

Khadija Mumtaz Khadeeja Mumthas (born 1955) is a Malayalam author from Kerala state, India. She is a medical doctor by profession and is probably best known in the Kerala literary circles for her second novel '' Barsa'' which won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi A ...

, author * M. K. Muneer, former minister (only for house surgency. MBBS course was done in a private college in Bangalore) * P. K. Sasidharan, Doctor, Author, Social activist, Educator * Vinod Scaria, Indian Biologist, Medical Researcher * Jame Abraham, physician, author

References

{{Authority control Medical colleges in Kerala Universities and colleges in Kozhikode Colleges affiliated with the Kerala University of Health Sciences Educational institutions established in 1957 1957 establishments in Kerala Hospitals in Kozhikode