Madras Medical College, Chennai

The Government General Hospital, one of the premier Institutions in the country was started on 16th November 1664 as a small Hospital to treat the sick soldiers of the East India Company. It was the untiring inspired efforts of Sir Edward Winter who was the agent of the company that materialised in the first British Hospital at Madras.

In its early days the Hospital was housed at the Fort St. George and in the next 25 years grew into a formal medical facility. Governor Sir. Elihy Yale was instrumental in the development of the Hospital and gave it a new premises with in the Fort in 1690.

The Hospital moved out of the Fort after the Anglo French War and it took 20 long years before it could settle in the present permanent place in 1772. By the year 1772 the Hospital was training Europeans, Eurasians and natives in allopathic methods of diagnosis and treatment and methods of preparing medicines. These trained personnel's were posted to various dispensaries in the district head quarters of the then Madras Presidency to assist the qualified doctors. By 1820 the institution had the recognition as the model hospital of the East India Company. So in 1827 Dr. D.Mortimar was appointed as the Superintendent of the Hospital.

LIST OF DEPARTMENTS IN MMC

1) Anatomy
2) Medical Gastroenterology
3) Biochemistry
4) Nephrology
5) Community Medicine
6) Neuro Surgery
7) Forensic Medicine
8) Neurology
9) Microbiology
10) Oncology
11) Pathology
12) Orthopaedics
13) Pharmacology
14) Plastic Surgery
15) Physiology
16) Psychiatry
17) Anaesthesia
18) Radiology & Radiotherapy
19) Asthma & Allergy
20) Rheumatology
21) Blood Bank
22) General Surgery
23) Cardiology
24) Endocrine Surgery
25) Cardiothoracic Surgery
26) Surgical Gastroenterology
27) Dermatology
28) Urology
29) Diabetology
30) Vascular Surgery
31) E.N.T.
32) Venerology (STD)
33) Geriatric medicine
34) Geriatric Surgery
35) PHARMCY & NURSING
36) Haematology
37) College of Pharmacy
38) Hepatology
39) College of Nursing
40) General Medicine
41) School of Nursing
42) Leprosy

COURSES:

i) Under Graduate Courses

MBBS
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Basic B.Sc. Nursing
Post B.Sc. Nursing
B.P.T

ii) Post Graduate Diploma Courses

Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (D.G.O.)
Diploma in Child Health (D.C.H.)
Diploma in Oto Rhino Laryngology(D.L.O.)
Diploma in Medical Radio Diagnosis (D.M.R.D.)
Diploma in Medical Radio Therapy (D.M.R.T.)
Diploma in Anesthesia (D.A.)
Diploma in Orthopaedics (D.Ortho)
Diploma in Dermatology, Venerology & Leprosy (D.D.V.L.)
Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O.)
Diploma in Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases (D.T.R.D.)
Diploma in Psychiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
Diploma in Clinical Pathology (D.C.P.)
Diploma in Public Health (D.P.H)
Diploma in Physical Medicine (D.Phy.M.)
Diploma in Diabetology (D.Diab.)

iii) Post Graduate Degree Courses

M. D. General Medicine
M. D. Anaesthesiology
M. D. Biochemistry
M. D. Dermatology, Venerology & Leprosy
M. D. Forensic Medicine
M. D (Community Medicine)
M. D. Geriatric Medicine
M. D. Microbiology
M. D. Paediatrics
M. D. Pathology
M. D. Pharmacology
M. D. Physiology
M. D. Psychiatric Medicine
M. D. Radiodiagnosis
M. D. Radiotherapy
M. D. Tuberculosis & Chest Disease
M. D. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
M. S. Anatomy
M.S. ENT
M.S.General Surgery
M.S. Ophthalmology
M.S. Orthopaedics
M.Pharmacy
M.Sc. (Nursing)

iv) Post Graduate Super Speciality Courses

D.M. Neurology
D.M. Cardiology
D.M. Oncology
D.M. Rheumatology
D.M. Gastro Enterology
D.M. Nephrology
D.M. Clinical Haematology
M.Ch. Cardio Thoracic Surgery
M.Ch. Genito Urinary Surgery
M.Ch. Neuro Surgery
M.Ch. PaediatricSurgery
M.Ch. Plastic Surgery
M.Ch. Surgical Gastroenterology
M.Ch. Vascular Surgery
M.Ch ( Endocrine Surgery)