Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalainagar

Campus Location: Annamalai Nagar

Located in The Rajah Muthiah Medical College was established in the year 1985 in the Annamalai University. Over the years the College has developed steadily into one of the finest medical colleges in South India and has earned a name for itself in the field of medical education., Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital (RMMCH) was established soon after in the Annamalai University campus in a temporary building specially constructed for the purpose with 450 beds. Now the RMMCH functions in a sprawling new building complex spread over an area of 75.75 acres of land at Natarajapuram road, but close to the college and hostels with a built in area of more than 6,52,000 sft. of space and 1400 beds., Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital has a bed strength of 1400 with 17 modern A/C Operation Theatres. Hospital is equipped with all sophisticated equipment like Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI), Helical Whole Body Computerized Tomographic (CT) scanner, Colour Doppler with Ultrasonogram, Colour Doppler with Transoesophageal Echo, Mammogram, Stress Echo, C-Arm, Ambulatory BP Monitor, Holter Recorder with analyzer, Treadmill, Endoscopes, Sinoscopes, arthroscpes, Colonoscopes, and fully equipped Central Diagnostic Cell with Blood Gas Analyzors, fully automated analyzers, Batch analysers, Elisa Readers, etc., Everyday the hospital treats about 2800-3000 outpatients and around 1000 inpatients. Every year around 15,000 scheduled surgeries, 6000 emergency surgeries and 5,500 deliveries are conducted., All the patients are given free treatment and free diet. Only a nominal fee is collected from the patients for a limited number of investigations. However, for the patients with financial disadvantage the entire treatment is free. The hospital provides rest rooms for the relatives of in-patients for overnight stay at a nominal rate of Re.1/- night., After getting started, the development of infrastructure of a Medical College was a stupendous task. The construction of an imposing college building and a few accessory structures including hostels for both boys and girls, satellite centers- rural and urban were completed. The MBBS course was recognized by the Medical council of India for125 admissions. The BPT & BOT courses were started during this period.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.