Government Kilpauk Medical College (GKMC), founded in 1960, is a government medical institution in India. There are four hospitals attached to GKMC – Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. They are Government Royapettah Hospital, Government Thiruvotteeswarar Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Government Peripheral Hospital, K.K.Nagar and Government Peripheral Hospital, Anna Nagar. The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. It offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

The hospital is the third in the government sector, after the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and the Government Royapettah Hospital, to have a full-fledged emergency department, which includes triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.The hospital is recognised as a level II trauma care centre. The zero-delay ward of the hospital receives an average of 40 to 50 cases every day.

Postgraduate programs

Previously, the seats in the different postgraduate programs (diploma and degree programs) were filled by:

• State level PG Entrance Exam (TNPG)
• National level PG Entrance Exam (AIPGME)

Since 2017, there are no separate entrance exams, and a candidate has to qualify a single entrance exam, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), to get into a post-graduate seat.

Details of diploma, postgraduate degree and higher specialty courses

Postgraduate diploma course

• Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Diploma in Child Health
• Diploma in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
• Diploma in Anaesthesia
• Diploma in Orthopaedics
• Diploma in Clinical Pathology

Postgraduate degree course

• M.D.General Medicine
• M.D.Pathology
• M.D.Microbiology
• M.D.Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• M.D.Physiology
• M.D.Paediatrics
• M.D.Anaesthesiology
• M.S.General Surgery
• M.S.E.N.T.
• M.S.Orthopaedics
• M.D.Community medicine
• M.D.Tuberculosis and Respiratory Medicine
• M.D.Psychiatry
• M.D.Radio diagnosis
• M.D.Forensic Medicine

Postgraduate higher speciality degree course

• D.M. Gastroenterology
• D.M. Nephrology
• M.Ch. Urology
• M.Ch. Plastic Surgery
• M.Ch. Surgical Oncology