Founders of Ganga Institute of Health Sciences (GIHS) Dr. J. G. Shanmuganathan and Mrs. Kanakavalli Shanmuganathan had already stepped into the healthcare sector with a hospital - Ganga Hospital under their headship. In the midst of driving the healthcare sector to provide proper services, Dr. J. G. Shanmuganathan aimed at providing education to women as he believed that the standard of a family elevates only when its women are educated. With this purpose, he started GIHS in 2006 integrating nursing degree courses. Located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, GIHS offers a plethora of paramedical courses. It started with a diploma Nursing (three years course), B.Sc. Nursing (four years course) and P.B. B.Sc. Nursing (two years course). Later, GIHS added many courses under allied health sciences which are - B.Sc. Accident Emergency Care Technology, B.Sc. Critical Care Technology, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology and M.Sc. Clinical Nutrition. The allied health courses follow MGR Medical University, Chennai curriculum and are accredited by Tamil Nadu Nursing Council and National Level Indian Nursing Council.
Pious to Fruitful Education
An institution with a high commitment to render academic excellence for students to perform at peak, GIHS imbibes the vision to showcase the quality of patient care, surgical expertise, academic approaches and medical ethics. "We are moving ahead by holding our motto - 'Aspire to Excel' so that we produce nurses who could fulfill the need for high-quality patient care. By translating the vision and motto into everyday life, GIHS faculties have been able to form satisfied and happy students. Coimbatore is a small place and there are more than needful number of nursing colleges, leading to severe competition. That's why we made collaboration with the University of Malaya, Malaysia for faculty and student exchange. The students learn the health problems in Malaysia and the treatment methodologies. Second thing is, the students who completed studying at GIHS work