Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital, a Tamil Nadu government run college under The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, was started from the academic year 2012- 2013 with the aim of providing excellent medical education to deserving students of the area and medical service to the local population.

It is approved by the Medical council of India and Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.

The College and Hospital Complex is situated at Mela-Vaniangudi, Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu. It is situated 3 kms from the Sivagangai Railway station and 2 kms from the bus stand.

Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital has been raised in an area of 50 acres at a cost of 114 crores, ideally located with salubrious surroundings. It is provided with the state of art infrastructure in term of its blocks of buildings, which include comfortable and well furnished departments, laboratories, classrooms for students, separate quarters for staff and nurses besides equipment of latest technological quality. The institution is backed by highly qualified and experienced staff, well equipped laboratories, library, and modern teaching aids.

At present, the hospital has 500 inpatient beds with 7 state-of- art operation theatres and comprises all the broad speciality departments, pre and para clinical departments as per the MCI norms. There are 5 intensive care units with 24 hour trauma care facility, serving a wide cross section of community, belonging to every economic segment of society. Separate rural and urban health training centres have also been attached to the institution so as to impart rural field practice training to medical students and helping the needy people in the nearby rural areas.

The college offers undergraduate course in medicine (M.B.B.S). First Batch of 100 MBBS Students selected on merit basis by the Government were admitted in August 2012 and are expected to graduate in 2016 to undergo internship.

CITIZEN CHARTER:

OBJECTIVES:

The citizen’s charter is an expression of the commitment of providing health care facilities in timely manner to the denizens of Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital. The citizen’s charter emphasizes the fact that the role of our patients is valued and important and makes an attempt to bring the institute closer to the patients. This charter not only provides information regarding the services available and rights of the patients but also simultaneously delves upon the responsibilities of patients to enable us to serve them better.