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FACULTY OF MEDICINE - A SHORT HISTORY
    The Annamalai University is a unitary residential University imparting instruction in Post-Graduate and Professional Programmes in several disciplines, besides providing research programmes upto the Ph.D., D.Litt./D.Sc. levels. It was founded by the munificence of the farsighted, noble-hearted philanthropist and patron of letters, the Hon’ble Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad. He started several colleges, and ultimately, the University in 1929. Since its inception, the Annamalai University has progressively tried to realise the aims of its noble Founder Pro-Chancellor. After him, his illustrious son, Padma Bhushan Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar of Chettinad, was the Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984, and he sedulously nurtured the growth and development of the University. The present Pro-Chancellor Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a philanthropist and patron of sports, is the distinguished son of Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar. The University has had the unique good fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destinies. During the last 80 years, it has grown rapidly and has consolidated its position as a unitary and residential University with forty-nine Departments of Study and over 2360 members on its teaching staff. Annamalainagar is a busy and self contained University town, east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja. The University campus, including the colleges, hostels, and playgrounds, sprawls over an area of about one thousand acres. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has reaccredited the University at B++ (80 - 85) level.

    Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, the present Pro-Chancellor has, by his dynamism and farsighted vision as well as philanthropic outlook, endeavoured to translate the dreams of his father into reality. As a result, the Rajah Muthiah Medical College was established on 5th August, 1985, on the Eighty-First Birthday of his revered father and a great visionary whose name it bears. This is the second phase of the development of the Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences, since the Rajah Muthiah Dental College was started in the first phase in 1980.

     In the initial stages, the institute was well nurtured by Dr. S.V. Chittibabu, the then Vice-Chancellor. It was then taken care of by the successive Vice-Chancellors. The previous Vice-Chancellors took a very keen interest in the all round growth and development of all Faculties including RMIHS and the University reached the zenith of its glory. Dr. M. Ramanathan, the then Dean Faculty of Medicine, took over as Vice-Chancellor from Dr. L.B. Venkatrangan and with his experience in the Faculty and the University, the University and the Faculty are poised for growth at a faster pace.

    The Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital which is the teaching hospital for Rajah Muthiah Medical College serves the needs of the surrounding villages by providing medical treatment with skilled doctors in the well equipped hospital. Apart from ensuring curative and rehabilitative services through the hospital, community services on the preventive and promotive sides are also being meaningfully organised, keeping in view the health needs of the rural as well as the urban sectors of the community. The Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences is designed to play a dynamic role efficiently and effectively implementing the "Health for all by 2000 A.D." programme as envisaged by the Government.

    The Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital which is the teaching hospital for Rajah Muthiah Medical College serves the needs of the surrounding villages by providing medical treatment with skilled doctors in the well equipped hospital. Apart from ensuring curative and rehabilitative services through the hospital, community services on the preventive and promotive sides are also being meaningfully organised, keeping in view the health needs of the rural as well as the urban sectors of the community. The Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences is designed to play a dynamic role efficiently and effectively implementing the “Health for all by 2000 A.D.” programme as envisaged by the Government.

    Dr. N. Chidambaram, an eminent Physician, who served earlier as Deputy Medical Superintendent of RMMCH is the present Medical Superintendent of the Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital, which is functioning in a spacious complex at Natarajapuram road, with all the broad specialities and some super speciality departments.

    The Principal and Head of the Department of Medical Education is ably assisted by renowned teachers, and the Faculty consists of many eminent medical experts, who are leaders in their speciality.

    Dr. S. Viswanathan, M.D. D.G.O an eminent Obstetrician and a renowned Director of Yoga Centre, who served earlier as Deputy Medical Superintendent of RMMCH is the present Medical Superintendent of the Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital, which is functioning in a spacious complex at Natarajapuram road, with all the broad specialities and some super speciality departments.

    The Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital are developing rapidly under the benevolent guidance and able leadership of our Founder Pro-Chancellor, Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy and the successive Vice-Chancellors. With the acquisition of a C.T. Scan and Colour Doppler in April 1998 a renal dialyser, and a MRI recently the Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital has joined a select band of sophisticated hospitals in the country.

    The Academic tempo in the Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital is maintained at a high level by the activities of the scientific body - Academy of Medical Sciences. Under the auspices of the Academy, regular monthly meetings are held, wherein research papers and interesting hospital cases are presented and discussed. Symposia are held annually on various medical topics. Eminent scientists are invited by the Academy to give guest lectures on topics of current importance. The University has been hosting several National Medical Conferences. The teachers in the Faculty have presented papers / participated in several National Seminars / Conferences / Symposia.

    The imposing structures of the Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences with a built-in area of 6,970 square metres were built at a cost of several crores of rupees and have the distinction of having been declared open by His Excellency Rashtrapathi Shri R. Venkataraman, the then President of India, on 28.4.1988. These house both the Medical and the Dental Colleges. In the first phase, a 450 bedded hospital with facilities for surgical operation, sophisticated equipment and laboratory appliances for providing effective in-patient services was declared open by His Excellency Dr. P.C. Alexander, the then Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chancellor of the University.

    In the second phase, a spacious OPD complex with more than 5,575 square metres area was declared open by Dr. Lalitha Kameswaran, the then Vice-Chancellor of Tamilnadu M.G.R. Medical University.

    Now a New Hospital Complex with a total strength of 1210 beds with 6,776.5 square metres area with all basic services and specialised good quality services have been commissioned to offer services to various sections of beneficiaries from Cuddalore and adjacent Districts.

    Four new hostel blocks, two each for men and women, have also come into being for providing comfortable accommodation to the students. Besides, there are separate quarters - one each for men and women CRRIs. A new Post-graduate students hostel with 150 single bath attached rooms, is available. A new hostel for I MBBS/I BDS Men students is under construction opposite to the Medical College Library. The University has also provided staff quarters besides playgrounds and other amenities which make the campus life comfortable and stimulating both for teachers and students.

    A special feature of Rajah Muthiah Medical College is that it is one of the very few Medical Colleges in India directly run by universities. As a University Medical College with a residential system, there are ample opportunities for healthy interaction and learning from multi-disciplinary facilities available in the campus of the Annamalai University. Situated in sylvan surroundings, the University is in close proximity to the famous pilgrim centre of Chidambaram, with Lord Nataraja as its presiding Deity.

    Rajah Muthiah Medical College has been granted permanent recognition by the Medical Council of India for 150 annual admissions into the M.B.B.S. Programme. It has also been granted permission to run Postgraduate degree Programmes in 18 different specialities with effect from the academic year 1997-98, of which 17 Postgraduate Degrees are already recognised by the Medical Council of India and the Government of India.

    The Post-Graduate Diploma Programmes in 10 specialities are being offered presently and 8 of the Postgraduate Diplomas are already recognised by the MCI and the Government of India.
The Faculty of Medicine has the following two Departments of Study.
Department of Medical Education
Department of Nursing
Programmes offered by the Faculty of Medicine
Department of Medical Education
This Department, utilising the services of the staff and other facilities available in Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital, offers the following programmes of study:
Undergraduate Programmes
  M.B.B.S (Permanent recognition for 150 admissions granted by MCI/GOI)
PG Degree Programmes in 18 Subjects & PG Diploma Programmes in 10 Subjects
PG Degree Programmes in Emergency Medicine and certificate programms in clinical cardiology / Echo Techniques
Physiotheraphy Programmes for B.P.T., M.P.T., M.P.T.H(Integrated)
Department of Nursing
Undergraduate Degree Programme in Nursing
  B.Sc. Nursing
Postgraduate Degree Programme in Nursing
  M.Sc. Nursing
M.B.B.S.
  B.Sc. / M.Sc. Nursing Programmes
B.P.T. / M.P.T / M.P.TH. Programmes
M.D./ M.S. & Post Graduate Diploma Programmes
M.Sc. Nursing Programmes
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