Madurai Medical College

Madurai Medical College
Established	1954
Type	Government Medical College and Hospital
Dean	Dr. A. Edwin Joe
Management	Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamilnadu
Academic staff	200 (approx.)
Admin. staff	600 (approx.)
Undergraduates	150 per year (MBBS)
Postgraduates	100 per year (approx.)
Location	Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
Campus	Urban
Nickname	MDUMC
Affiliations	Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University

Madurai Medical College is a medical school attached to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The hospital provides tertiary care to more than twenty million people in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. The hospital was established in 1842 and became a teaching hospital in 1954. The hospital was formerly known as Erskines Hospital. Madurai Medical College is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and is recognised by the World Health Organization. The college was inaugurated on August 2, 1954 by the then chief minister K.Kamaraj and the then union health minister Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. K.P.Sarathy was the first special officer and Sarah J Sowri, the first principal. The college was first affiliated to the University of Madras and permanent recognition was accorded in 1954. Subsequently the Medical Council of India’s recognition came in 1961. The college was then situated at the Old Taluk building, Fair weather road. The present building was occupied in 1958. In 1963 C.K.Padmanaba Menon became its first Dean. The college has stood the test of time. It celebrated the silver jubilee in 1979 and golden jubilee in 2004. When the Madurai Kamaraj University was established, the college was affiliated to it. And when the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University was started, the college like other medical colleges in the state was affiliated to it. The college is spread over an area of 18.93 acres, with 360 teaching staff. The college is a collage of medical talent, spirit of research, availability of advanced infrastructure and sound record in various specialities of Medicine.

Courses

Courses offered include Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS), Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm), Diploma in Pharmacy (D.pharm), Nursing, and other para-medical courses. Selection is based on performance in the Higher Secondary (School) Certificate. Admission is based strictly on merit and the reservation policies enforced by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The college also offers Post graduate degrees in all medical and surgical specialities (Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery), Post Graduate Diplomas (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, DCH, DGO, DLO etc.) and some super speciliaties.

Madurai medical college is one of the oldest medical college next to Madras Medical college and is a famous medical college in south Tamil Nadu.

Clinical Services

Clinical Services are provided by the Government Rajaji Hospital which is a 1691 bedded Super Speciality Hospital providing free health care to people in the lower income group. It was opened in 1842 and moved into its present premises on August 31, 1940. It was named after Lord Erskine (Governor of Madras Presidency in 1930s) as he contributed a lot to the hospital growth. The Erskine Hospital was inaugurated in November 1940 by Sir Arthur Hope, the then Governor of Madras. In 1956 the hospital became a teaching hospital, being attached to our college. It was renamed as Government Rajaji Hospital in January 1980. Today the hospital remains as a bench mark in meeting the health care needs of the people in Southern districts.

Address

Madurai Medical College Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625020. India Ph:0452-2533230, 2532535

Department of Neurosurgery

Neurosugery department is one of the oldest department in madurai medical college.The department of neurosurgery Madurai medical college, an icon in the development of medical science was born in the year 1962, the third of its kind in India next to Chennai and Calcutta, started by a doyen neurosurgeon professor Dr M Natarajan dynamic personality who by that time kept the department teethed with equipments which were latest in those days.

The department has been in service to the society since then and have saved the life of a countless number of people who were involved in life endangering accidents deemed by other major hospitals as unsalvageable and also changed the life of so many people who would have otherwise died of cancers of brain.

The department has grown in man power since then. it has given birth to so many eminent neurosurgeons around the country and abroad and being the GURUKUL of so many budding neurosurgeons

At present the department of neurosurgery, Madurai medical college is second largest in tamilnadu by man power and serving the poor people of whole south tamilnadu with seven qualified neurosurgeons trained in micro neurosurgery and ten dedicated post graduates.

The department is working round the clock for 365 days a year doing tireless service to the society managing around 10000 patients involved in road traffic accidents, operating around 600 emergency cases and prevent about 400 deaths a year

The department has been the referral centre for the whole of south Tamil Nadu. Dr. J. Srisaravanan is working as assistant surgeon in the neurosurgery department.

External links

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