GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, NAGAPPATINAM (GMC NAGAI)

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, NAGAPPATINAM (GMC NAGAI)

The emblem of Government Medical College, Nagappatinam (GMC Nagai) features the Staff of Hermes or Staff of Caduceus with a pair of wings and entwined by a pair of serpents supported by a pair of anchors and an open book on sides, surmounted by the name of the college and its year of establishment, and supported by the motto of the college in Tamil ‘நோய் நாடி நோய் முதல் நாடி’  (Thiruvalluvar, 943, Thirukkural) meaning ‘Diagnose the Disease and Investigate its Cause’. All these elements are placed inside a shield and placed on a panel. The shield denotes protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery; the staff with snakes has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical profession; the anchors refer to the port city of Nagapattinam; and the book refers to education, learning, knowledge and wisdom.

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