In 1965, the Government of Tamil Nadu upgraded this District Headquarters hospital as a teaching institution with 250 beds for clinical training. Vedachalam Mudaliar, the then Chairman of Chengalpattu Municipality, donated a vast area, which is in pocession of this institution. Today the college is under the affiliation of The TN Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, State of TamilNadu, India, and is wholly administered by the Government of State of TamilNadu.
Courses
M.B.B.S.
M.Ch - Plastic Surgery
MD - Anaesthesiology
MD - Bio-Chemistry
MD - Dermatology , Venereology & Leprosy
MD - General Medicine
MD - Microbiology
MD - Paediatrics
MD - Pathology
MD - Pharmacology
MD - Physiology
MD - Psychiatry
MD - Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine