Government Medical College & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore

About Government Medical College & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore

According to Wikipedia, Government Medical College & ESI Hospital, Coimbatore, is a Government co-educational Medical College located at Varadharajapuram, Singanallur, Coimbatore. It was established in 2016 under the aegis of the ESI Corporation, a central autonomous body under Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The college is attached to a 510-bedded Multi-Speciality Hospital which was built in 2016. During the Covid pandemic, the hospital was the first referral centre for Coimbatore and neighboring districts and was the chief covid treatment centre that treated patients following which the number of beds were increased to 1000. It is also the only govt college in Tamil Nadu where all the wings of AYUSH are functional.