Madras Medical College to be shifted to new building
Chennai, Nov 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to shift the Madras Medical College to a new eight-storeyed building, which will come up at a place where a central jail stood once.
The government, in a statement Wednesday, said the decision was taken as the existing college building is more than 100 years old and patients and visitors to the hospital face problems. The hospital is located opposite the Chennai Central Station.
Around 12,000 people visit the 2,722-bed hospital daily.
The existing college building would be utilised for hospital expansion and also for setting up a medical archives.
The new medical college building will have a built-up space of 41,934 sq metres where medical, nursing and paramedical colleges would be run.
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