Madras Medical College is a Medical College and Hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established during British Raj. It is the third oldest medical college in India and Asia, established after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and Calcutta Medical College.
The Government General Hospital was established on 16 November 1664 to treat soldiers of the British East India Company. Mary Scharlieb graduated from Madras Medical College in 1878.
In 1996, when the metropolis of Madras was renamed as Chennai, the college was renamed the Chennai Medical College. It was later re-renamed back to the Madras Medical College since the college was known worldwide by the older name.
The foundation stone for the new building of the college was laid by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, on 28 February 2010.
In January 2011, the hospital was renamed as Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.
Since 1857, the college has been affiliated to the University of Madras and all degrees of Health Sciences were awarded by the same until 1988 when the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Act, 1987 received the assent of the president of India. This affiliating university started functioning from July 1988 and is governed by the said Act.
The college was declared as an independent university called the Madras Medical College and Research Institute (MMC & RI). Later the status as an independent university was withdrawn shortly afterwards and the college was affiliated back to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, dropping the suffix: "Research Institute" in 2000.
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A CHANDRASEKARAN
Anaesthesiology
NIKHIL V JAIN
General Medicine
R ANITHA
Obstetrics & Gynecology
| Total Beds | 4582 |
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| Average Bed Occupancy(%) | 84.55 |
| Histopathology | 1949 |
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