When Andhra State was formed in October 1953, the Government of Andhra decided to start a medical

college in the Rayalaseema region of the state. In Government Order Ms. No. 1835, Health, dated 29

November 1955, the government of Andhra passed orders to establish a medical college, the third one

in the state at Kurnool. As the building was not ready for the college the government decided to admit

50 students intended for Kurnool Medical College at Kurnool City in July 1956. When Andhra Pradesh

was formed and the capital was shifted to Hyderabad from Kurnool the erstwhile secretariat building

were handed over to the medical college.



The college was opened on 21 July 1956 by Sri T.T. Krishnamachari, the then Finance Minister of India.

Fifty students were admitted to the M.B.B.S. Course.



Laboratories for subjects of the non-clinical course were established in due course. The construction

of a "clinical lecture hall-cum-clinical pathology laboratory" in the hospital and the construction of an

air-conditioned mortuary for 24 dead bodies were undertaken latter and these buildings were ready by

the summer of 1958.



New out-patient block of the Government General Hospital, Kurnool which is the associated teaching

hospital was constructed at a cost of Rs 900/-,000 and the inauguration of this and the clinical courses

was performed on 28 January 1958 by Sri. D. K. Karmankar, the Health Minister of India. The first batch

of second M.B.B.S. students from the batch of 50 students originally admitted to Guntur Medical college

in July 1956 now joined this college for their clinical course. The first units in the major subjects of

Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery were created in July 1957.



The Kurnool Medical College was first affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University, from January 1957 and

permanently affiliated from January 1959.



The NCC unit attached to the college was started in January, 1958. Laboratory technician's courses

and laboratory attender's courses were started in October 1959. In the same year, the Government

also established at this college, a Regional Laboratory to serve the needs of Raayalaseema districts.



A well-planned Animal House with separate units for different laboratory animals was built and

commissioned for use in 1961. A Central Work Shop started functioning from 1964.



The legislators' hostel, which was very close to, the college was given for locating the men's hostel

during 1958 and it accommodated 175 students. Further expansion of this hostel was made to

accommodate 350 students in all.



The then state guest house was also handed over by the government during 1958, and it is used as

women's hostel. Additional accommodation is shown in the hospital premises in improved sheds as

sub hostel for women. A new extension at a cost of 2 crores is nearly completed which will provide

accommodation to 150 more women students and 56 women postgraduate students. So that it will be

possible to accommodate women students at a single place. After the sub hostel for women students

was vacated, it was proposed to give it to P.G. Students. Afterwards new P.G. Quarters were

constructed with 75 single rooms.

The government of Andhra Pradesh passed orders sanctioning the transfer of government site

adjoining the college compound to the Medical college to be used as a playground.



An Assembly-cum-library hall was constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,500,000 in the year 1959. Expansion

of the Anatomy Department was taken up and completed. A clinical research block at a cost of Rs

600/-,000 was taken up and completed and commissioned for use. Rural health center for the

teaching of social and preventive medicine was opened at Parla village in 1960.



The college provides facilities for the following postgraduate degree/diploma courses. MS (Anatomy),

MD (Physiology), MD (Biochemistry), MD (Pharmacology), MD (Microbiology), MD (Pathology), DCP, MD

(Forensic Medicine), MD (SPM/Community Medicine), DPH, MS (ENT, DLO, MS (Ophthalmology), DO.,

MD (Geneal Medicine), MS (General Surgery), MD (Gynecology), MD (TBCD), MD (STD), MD

(Pediatrics), DCH, MD (Anesthesia), MD (Radiology), DMRD, MS (Orthopedics), and recently the

Medical Council of India, New Delhi has inspected this college for recognition and starting of some

superspeciality course i.e. DM (Neurology), DM (Gastroenterology), DM (Nephrology), M.Ch (Pediatrics

Surgery), M.Ch (Neuro surgery), M.Ch (Plastic surgery), M.Ch (Cardio thoracic surgery), DM

(Cardiology), M.Ch (Urology) etc in this College. During the year 2003, Acute Medical Care (AMC) unit

and ICCU unit are started in the Government General Hospital, Kurnool.



During the year 2001-02 and 2002-03 an examination hall of capacity 400 and an examination

hall/lecture gallery of capacity 400 members was also constructed in the college for the increased

seats. Renovation of the Physiology and Anatomy departments was done. Extra accommodation is

also provided to the students in the hostels both for men and women. Construction work for the new

mortuary building is also in progress and a new pathology laboratory is also provided.



During December 2006 and January 2007 students and faculty of this college were celebrating their

Golden jubilee function. It marked the completion of 50 successful years after establishment. They

invited Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India to this program.



contact persons:-

1) Dr. Srinivasa Reddy Yerasi

srinivasayerasi@kmckurnool.com



2) Dr. Ismail Suhail Penukonda

drchinthu@gmail.com



Dr. Y Mallikarjuna

Principal



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