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Madras Medical College

Coordinates: 13°04′54″N 80°16′44″E / 13.081621°N 80.278865°E / 13.081621; 80.278865
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Madras Medical College
TypeMedical college and hospital
Established2 February 1835
DeanKanagasabai
Location
Chennai
,
India

13°04′54″N 80°16′44″E / 13.081621°N 80.278865°E / 13.081621; 80.278865
AffiliationsThe Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Websitewww.mmc.tn.gov.in

The Madras Medical College is an educational institution located in Chennai, India. It was established on February 2, 1835. It is the second oldest medical college in India, along with the 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 5000 medical and paramedical students study here.

History

The Government General Hospital was started on 16 November 1664 as a small hospital to treat the sick soldiers of the British East India Company.

In its early days, the hospital was housed at Fort St. George.[1] In the next 25 years, it grew into a formal medical facility[1] Governor Elihu Yale was instrumental in the development of the hospital and gave it new premises within the fort in 1690.

The hospital moved out of the fort after the Anglo-French War[disambiguation needed],[1] and it took 20 years before it could settle in the present permanent place in 1772. By 1772, the hospital was training Europeans, Eurasians and natives in Western methods of diagnosis and treatment and methods of preparing medicines. These trained personnel were posted to dispensaries in the district headquarters of the then Madras presidency to assist the qualified doctors. By 1820, the institution had recognition as a model hospital of the East India Company. In 1827, Dr. D. Mortimar was appointed as the superintendent.[1]

The college began as a private medical hall run by Mortimar and was regularised into a medical school in 1835, which was opened by the Governor Sir Frederick Adam.[1] The school was then attached to the Government General Hospital and was sponsored by the state.

Indians were admitted into the school in 1842.

In 1850, the school council submitted proposals to the Government to accord the status of a college. On October 1, 1850, it was accorded this status, and was christened Madras Medical College.

The first batch of students graduated in 1852 and were granted the diploma of graduate of the Madras Medical College. In 1857, it gained affiliation to the University of Madras.[1]

One of the first female doctors (one of the first four women students) in the world, Mary Scharlieb[1] graduated from Madras Medical College in 1878, when women were not allowed to join medical colleges in Britain. At this time the first Indian woman doctor graduated from the institution: Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi[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 college completed 175 years of its education in February 2010, which culminated with a grand function held at the college. 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]

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.[4] This affiliating university started functioning from July 1988 and is governed by the said Act.

The college was an independent university called the Madras Medical College and Research Institute (MMC & RI). Later the status as an independent university was withdrawn 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

Current status

The Government General Hospital has a reputation of being one of the best in the state and ranks as one among the top in the Indian subcontinent. The entire hospital block has been remodeled with the reconstruction of the massive twin towers in lieu of the original hospital block which represented buildings which were more than a century old.

Ranking

In the India Today ranking of medical colleges for 2012, Madras Medical College was ranked 7th India's Best Medical Colleges 2012, India Today.

Culturals

Inter-college culturals are called REVIVALS and inter-medical sports are ENCIERRO. Intra-college culturals are called KALAIOMA. Recently REVIVALS AND ENCIERRO were held in September 2012.

Administration

The college and hospital are funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. The head of the institution is the dean[5] followed by the vice-principal.

  • Dean of institution: V. Kanagasabai
  • Vice-Principal: Nandhini

Classes (with year of entry)

Every class of MBBS students has assigned to itself an (unofficial) name denoting the year of their entry into the medical school.

The recent batches are:

  • The Phoenix 82
  • The "Sesqueessentials" 1984
  • DangerousDocs 92
  • Exoticans 94
  • Cohorts 95
  • Zealots 96
  • Adroits 97
  • Gallants 98
  • Triumphants 99, "The Trendsetters"
  • Genezens 2000 or Genezens 2k, "Born to Heal"
  • Valiants 2001
  • Xanthrons 2002, "One for All : All for One"
  • Nimrotz 2003
  • Zenolantz 2004
  • Troezianz 2005,
  • Krenoviantz 2006, "The Defenders of Mankind"
  • Dravergonz 2007, "Energetic doctors"
  • KnightZorroitZ 2008, "the crusaders for mankind"
  • Ryzentronz 2009, "The Rise of New ReigN"
  • ZarkoZoiontZ", "Stars of 2010"
  • RigonyzzerZ '11, "The Legendary Warriors"

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h History of MMC
  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. ^ [1]
  5. ^ Contact Us
  6. ^ "Dr M A Ansari (1880-1936) president, Madras, 1927". Congress Sandesh, Indian National Congress publication.
  7. ^ "Dr. V. Mohan Receiving Padma Shri National Award". The First Post. 2012-03-22.
  8. ^ Mukherjee, Siddhartha (2011). The Emperor of All Maladies, A Biography of Cancer. London: HarperCollins. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-00-725091-2.

External links

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