Multi super speciality Hospital of Chennai
Tamil Nadu Government Multi-Super-Speciality Hospital is a
400-bed government-owned super-speciality hospital in Chennai, India. It is
located at the Omandurar Government Estate on Anna Salai and was opened in
February 2014, built at a cost of ₹ 1,431.4 million.
Originally built as Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and
secretariat complex in 2010 to house the assembly hall, secretariat and offices
of the chief minister and cabinet ministers, the complex was later converted
into a super-speciality hospital.
The last session in the old assembly building at Fort St.
George was held on 11 January 2010 by the former DMK government. When the
AIADMK government came to power in May 2011, it abandoned the building and
moved back to the former legislative building, Fort St. George. On 19 August
2011, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the state legislative assembly
that the A-Block in new Secretariat complex, built by the previous DMK regime,
would be converted into a multi-super specialty hospital and B-Block would be
constructed as a government medical college. Work to convert the building to a
multi-speciality hospital began in February 2013 following National Green
Tribunal's approval. Modifications were made to suit the needs of the hospital
The six-storied hospital was inaugurated on 21 February
2014, with four medical departments, namely, cardiology, neurology, medical
oncology and nephrology and five surgical departments, namely, cardiothoracic,
neuro, hand and reconstructive micro surgery, vascular and surgical oncology,
in addition to a lifestyle clinic for yoga and naturopathy.
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