Government Medical College, Kollam

[2][3] It was the second medical college project from ESI Corporation of India in the country and the first of its kind in Kerala state.

Kodikunnil Suresh, the then Central Deputy Minister of Labour and Employment, announced the ESIC medical college project at Parippally in Kollam during 2012–2013.

[13] On 14 August 2016, Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Kollam Government Medical College.

[14] A modern mortuary complex, capable to conduct two autopsies at a time, would start functioning in the medical college from 1 August 2019.

Health Minister of Kerala, K. K. Shailaja inaugurated the function in the presence of Chathannoor MLA, G. S. Jayalal, and MP of Kollam Lok Sabha Constituency, N.K.

Building in GMC Kollam
A corridor inside the hospital
ESIC Medical College's official stoppage notification on the wall of Paravur railway station . The station is about 8 km away from the hospital