Seats for MD Anaesthesia increased to four

 Seats for MD Anaesthesia increased to four
Staff Reporter TIRUCHI: The K.A.P. Viswanatham Medical College will have two more seats for MD Anaesthesia programme from 2010-11 in addition to the two seats sanctioned last year. Doubling of the number of admissions for the programme in a year's time is of significance. PG admissions will be made for 16 seats in five disciplines from 2010-11: four seats for MD General Medicine, four seats for MS General Surgery, two seats for MD Obstetrics and Gynaecology, two seats for MD Paediatrics and four seats for MD Anaesthesia, the Dean In-Charge and Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, M.A. Aleem said.
The College was transformed into a PG institution in 2007 in a decade's time after it was started. When the first allotment was made in 2007, MD General Medicine, MD Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and MS General Surgery were started. MD Paediatrics and MD Anaesthesia were introduced in 2009.
Alongside the admissions it makes for 100 students every year for MBBS, the hospital also admits students for 135 seats in Diploma in Nursing, including 70 with stipend. A pass in Plus Two is the requisite qualification for the Diploma in Nursing programme. For the other job-oriented diploma and certificate programmes, a pass in any group in Plus Two is enough, Dr. Aleem said. Of the 290 seats for para-medical programmes, 100 are for Diploma in Medical Lab Technology (started in 2005), 15 for Diploma in Radiological Diagnostic Technology and Diploma in Radiological Therapeutic Technology (started from 2009-10). The seven job-oriented certificate programmes comprise: Emergency Care Technician (20 seats), Respiratory Therapy Technician (20 seats), Dialysis Technician (20), Anaesthesia Technician (35), Theatre Technician (35), Orthopaedic Technician (35), and Certified Radiological Assistant course (10). The last two certificate courses were started in 2006 and 2008 respectively. The diploma and certificate programmes for which the admission process is carried out at the level of the College have proved to be of high utility for rural students, Dr. Aleem said.



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Monday, Apr 26, 2010