Coimbatore Medical College Hospital

Description

The government Coimbatore District Head Quarters Hospital on Trichy road is a land mark Today known as the CMC Hospital the hospital as such was started in 1892 in temporary sheds The foundation stone of the sturdy main structure we see today in its original form was laid by Sir Arthur Lawley in 1909 and completed in 1914Well maintained by the PWD Its outer walls are of stones the inner walls of bricks and martar Reminiscent of an English manor the doors windows and the majestic staircase are of solid teak the floors are of cuddapah stone slate

The structure has a ground floor with a hall way from which the gracious staircase leads to an upper floor A verandah runs all around with a wing on either side While one wing used to be the maternity ward the other housed the labour rooms and operation theaters the general wards were in upstairs This building is today the administrative block with consulting rooms and reception downstairs and offices up stairs

The Coimbatore Medical School was started in 1914 in separate buildings in the present Govt Arts College campus As per the records in the Archives it was a square building with an open court yard in the centre teak wood doors and panels stone floors brick and mortar walls glazed stone ware sinks and iron trusses It was built by the Public Works Department of which C O Bruien was the then Chief Engineer at an estimated cost of Rs 5778000 Nanja Boyan the head mason supplied bricks at six annas per hundred

In 1930 the medical school was shifted to Calicut then part of Madras Presidency and the existing building became the History department of the Government Arts College The present Medical College was started in 1966

The main hospital had a mortuary built in 1916 and a TB Block in 1937 later shifted to Perundurai The nursing staff quarters were built in 1934

It is laudable that the striking features of the original building and its faccedilade have been retained The above information was garnered in 198990

Vision

Government of Tamil Nadu is totally committed in building healthy people not only by making available quality medicare facilities at the door step of every citizen in the remotest corner of the State but also by providing medical facilities of the highest order keeping pace with rapid technological developments in the field of medicine Government of Tamil Nadu provides preventive curative and promotive care to all classes of the society


A major government teaching hospital under the directorate of Medical Education having 1020 bed strength serving the poor and needy in and around the district of Coimbatore maintaining the state Id in the diagnosis and the management of sick people It has committed integrated dedicated medical and non medical personnel executing confident service Impart medical education to students par excellence and train them to adopt care comfort and cure to the ailing population

History

As an elegant landmark today Coimbatore Medical College Hospital is situated on Coimbatore to Trichy national highway NH67 closer to the Coimbatore Railway station


Allopathic medical facilities were available for the residents of Coimbatore as early as 1850 well thoughtout by distinguished philanthropists of yester years like Thiru Thiruvenkatasamy Mudaliyar ThiruBashyakarulu Naidu amp ThiruAbbaiya Naidu In 1850 a dispensary was opened in the Indian quarters of the town nearly opposite to the Koniamman temple and occupied a triangular plot of ground formed by two converging roads with residential quarters at its base Page 427 of Madras District GazetteerReport on Civil Hospital and Dispensary 1900

In order to expand the facilities the dispensary was shifted during 1908 from the above mentioned area to the present site in temporary sheds the present DAS Quarters and adjacent Medical Records Department opposite to the banks of a clean water lake with tiny waves frothy and bubbly known as Valankulam This land with an extent of 1941 acres on the main road to Trichinopoly was given by the Naikars of Appanaikanpatty

The foundation stone of the sturdy main structure we see today in its original form was laid by HELordAmpthil GCIE Governor of Madras Plaque seen in the present DAS quarters


Later the hospital was opened by HE Sir Arthur Lawley GCIEKCMC Governor of Madras in 1909 Plaque seen in the eastern wall of the portico leading to the entrance of the present administrative building

Its outer walls are of stones the inner walls of bricks and mortar The granite blocks were quarried in neighboring hills Reminiscent of an English manor the doors windows and the majestic staircase are of solid teak The teak timber were mobilized from Malabar of Madras presidency and the floors are of cuddapah stone slate

The structure has a graceful portico with a triangular apex clock tower visualized over four directions The ground floor has eastern and western wings with a hall way from which the gracious staircase leads to an upper floor A verandah runs all around the wings on either side While one wing used to be the maternity ward the other housed the labour rooms and operation theaters those days the general wards were in upstairs This building is today the administrative block with consulting rooms and reception downstairs and offices up stairs

It was built by the Public Works Department of which C O Brien was the then Chief Engineer the architect at an estimated cost of Rs 577800 Nanja Boyan the head mason supplied bricks at six annas per hundred Nanjundapuram kuppa Boyan

The Picture of Engineer C O Brien and his Team

The main hospital had a mortuary built in 1916 and a TB Block in 1937 later shifted to Perundurai The nursing staff quarters were built in 1934It is laudable that the striking features of the original building and its faccedilade have been retained for one hundred years The above information was garnered in 198990

This Hospital is functioning with effect from 1471909 it was then managed by Coimbatore Municipality till 3131912 On 1st April 1912 hospital was taken over by the Government and its Golden Jubilee was celebrated during 19051959 ie on 1381959 The Name of Government Headquarters hospital Coimbatore has been changed with effect from 24111969 on its conversion as Medical College Hospital it was brought under the control of Director of Medical Education Chennai600 010


Origin of Coimbatore Medical College

The Coimbatore Medical School was started in 1914 in separate buildings in the present Govt Arts College campus As per the records in the Archives it was a square building with an open court yard in the centre teak wood doors and panels stone floors brick and mortar walls glazed stone ware sinks and iron trusses In 1930 the medical school was shifted to Calicut then part of Madras Presidency and the existing building became the History department of the Government Arts College The present Medical College was started in 1966