Madras Medical College

Madras Medical College
Type Medical college
Established 2 February 1835 (2 February 1835)
Dean Narayanababu
Location Chennai, India
13°04′54″N 80°16′44″E / 13.081621°N 80.278865°E / 13.081621; 80.278865Coordinates: 13°04′54″N 80°16′44″E / 13.081621°N 80.278865°E / 13.081621; 80.278865
Nickname MMCians
Affiliations The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Website www.mmc.ac.in
Madras Medical College

The Madras Medical College is an educational institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established on February 2, 1835. It is the third oldest medical college in India, established after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and Medical College Kolkata and is one of the foremost centres of post graduate medical education in the country with 425 Seats. At any point of time, more than 2500 medical and paramedical students study there.

History

The Government General Hospital was established on 16 November 1664 to treat soldiers of the British East India Company.[1] Mary Scharlieb graduated from Madras Medical College in 1878.[1]

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 Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Karunanidhi, on 28 February 2010.[2]

In January 2011, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr.Karunanithi issued a G.O. and renamed the hospital as Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.[3]

Red Fort building

A red-brick heritage structure known as the "Red Fort" stands to the east of the MMC buildings. Built in 1897, it has been classified as a Grade I heritage building by the Justice E. Padmanabhan Committee on heritage structures. It housed the anatomy department for several decades, which was partially moved to the new campus of the MMC at the erstwhile Central Prison campus in 2013. In December 2017, the PWD started restoration of the heritage structure at a cost of ₹ 19.7 million. Once restored, the structure will be converted to a museum, with the ground floor showcasing the history of MMC and the first floor showcasing specimens for comparative anatomy.[4]

New campus

A new campus with a six-storeyed building for Madras Medical College was built on a land covering 325,000 square feet (30,200 m2) on the erstwhile central prison premises in 2010 and was completed in 2012. The campus has nearly 1,250 students and 400 faculty and staff members. The campus was built at a cost of ₹ 566.3 million and started functioning in 2013. The old MMC buildings presently house the college of pharmacy, school of nursing and also accommodate students of the recently added courses of audiology, speech learning and pathology, radio therapy and radio diagnosis.[5]

Affiliation

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.[6] 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.

Institutions attached to Madras Medical College

Rankings

University and college rankings
Medical - India
The Week (2017)[7] 11
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2018)[8] 41

Madras Medical College was 11 among medical colleges in India by The Week in 2017.[7] The College of Pharmacy was ranked 41 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2018.[8]

Cultural events

Madras Medical college hosts inter-college cultural extravaganza known as "REVIVALS" [9] and the annual inter-medical sports meet known as "ENCIERRO".[9] Apart from this, it also hosts annual intracollege cultural event known by the name " KALAIOMA" and the annual intracollege sports event known by the name "RANADHEERA".

Administration

The college and hospital are funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. The head of the institution is the dean[10] followed by the vice-principal.

  • Dean of institution: Dr. Jayanthi
  • Vice-Principal: Dr.Sudha Seshayyan

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Institution History". Madras Medical College. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Karunanidhi to lay foundation stone for MMC building", The Hindu, February 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ "General Hospital to be named after Rajiv Gandhi", The Hindu, January 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Josephine M., Serena (1 August 2018). "'Red Fort' at Madras Medical College to reopen as museum". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Lakshmi, K. (29 May 2013). "Skywalk between GH, new MMC campus proposed for easy connectivity". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 30 Jun 2013.
  6. ↑
  7. 1 2 Singh, Abhinav (18 June 2017). "The Week - Hansa Research Best Colleges Survey 2017: Top Medical Colleges - All India". The Week. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  9. 1 2 http://www.mmc.tn.gov.in/revivals.html
  10. ↑ Contact Us
  11. ↑ "Dr M A Ansari (1880-1936) president, Madras, 1927". Congress Sandesh, Indian National Congress publication. Archived from the original on 7 March 2002. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "C O Karunakaran". Thiruvananthapuram updates. 5 December 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dr. V. Mohan Receiving Padma Shri National Award". The First Post. 2012-03-22.
  14. ↑ "Prof K.Ramachandra".
  15. ↑ "Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi remembered". The Hindu. 2012-08-06.
  16. ↑ Mukherjee, Siddhartha (2011). The Emperor of All Maladies, A Biography of Cancer. London: HarperCollins. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-00-725091-2.
  17. ↑ Thompson, Bob (16 February 2009). "Physician Abraham Verghese Combines His Love of Books and Medicine". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  18. ↑ TNN Jan 1, 2002, 01.51am IST (27 March 2011). "P.K.R. Warrier dead". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Rajagopal, Shyama (29 December 2002). "With a prayer on his lips". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "6 doctors presented with Sanjivi award". The HIndu. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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