An announcement was made by the Vice Chancellor Mayil Vahanan Natarajan of Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University recently that they will soon begin fellowship programmes in new sub-specialties. Dr. Natarajan while inaugurating a continuing medical education programme in Paediatric Dermatology hosted by the CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation (CTMRF) mentioned that the university has recognised the scope of the sub specialisations in modern medicine and hence has taken the decision of providing more fellowships.
The VC also announced that the varsity was examining another proposal from the institute so that a similar programme could begin on Paediatric Emergency Medicine. The institute is currently pursuing 13 core research projects and had earned recognition from the Department of Science and Technology.
