Madras Medical College: 175 years of medical heritage

摘要

The Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai, has pride of place in the history of medical education in India. It is one of the oldest medical colleges in India, established by the British as early as 1835 (Fig. 1). It is affiliated to the 250-year-old Government General Hospital (GGH), which has 2722 beds, one of Asia's largest treatment facilities. The many institutions attached to it, such as the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Child Health, Institute of Mental Health and the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, render it a premier centre for medical education and learning (Table I). The MMC and GGH are spread over an area of 47.5 acres. Among the first in the country to provide postgraduate courses, the MMC currently offers 5 undergraduate degrees, 17 postgraduate diplomas, 25 postgraduate degrees and 14 super-specialty degrees. The MMC has the unique distinction of having educated one of the first lady doctors in the English-speaking world.