AVMC – Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital

Department Of
General Surgery

Establishment and Growth

Established in 1999 

  • Teaching Undergraduate, Postgraduate and various Paramedical students
  • Courses- MBBS, MS, Allied Health Science
  • Giving training for medical and paramedical students
  • Taking special care of patients under the guidance of senior faculty
  • Good results for undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Many of our postgraduates are university medal winners
  • Separate pre and post-operative wards for Male and Female patients
  • Operation theatre facilities with adequate instruments
  • Separate SICU available
  • Interdisciplinary programmes -clinical posting for MD, DGO Obstetrics & Gynaecology, ENT, Ortho
  • A wide range of
    1. minimally invasive surgeries
    2. open surgeries
    3. daycare surgeries &
    4. endo-urological procedures.
Academic Profile

Undergraduate courses

S.No

Name

Type

Number of seats sanctioned

1

MBBS

Medicine 

150

Postgraduate courses/ Ph.D. program/ Fellowship courses

Sl.No.

Name

Type

Number of seats sanctioned

1

MS (General surgery)

 

14

2

Ph.D. program

 

 

3

Fellowship courses

 

 

BEST PRACTICES
  • Establishing regular meetings for health care providers
  • Ensuring adequate meetings to regularize work
  • Strengthening co-ordination of care between hospitalists and nurses. Encourage hospitalists to take ownership of quality care.
  • Ensuring that each and every student gets attention from our faculties. Student friendly approach by staff. Awards are given to best outgoing students. PGs are motivated for case presentation in scientific forum, in conferences.
  • Scientifique forum has been started in our college. It encourages students to present their own research and innovative ideas. PGs are presenting cases regularly in scientifique forum. It helps them to overcome fear of audience.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE DEPARTMENT
  • Endo lap trainer.
  • Tumor board.
  • MoU with Cancer Trust Hospital, Puducherry.