Trace the transformation in Kevin's opinion about her father.
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The healthcare sector in Chennai is being put to the test like never before. Along with a line-up of facilities, the city’s oldest institution, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (then the Government Hospital), dating back to 1664, and its latest addition, the Government Medical College Hospital in Omandurar Estate, are in the midst of managing a raging pandemic. Though challenging times lie ahead, Chennai, erstwhile Madras, has seen its healthcare sector grow by leaps and bounds over the decades, turning it into a medical hub.
Home to some of the oldest medical institutions in the country, the city’s health infrastructure continues to expand both in the public and private sector. Whether it is complicated cardiac procedures or organ transplants, the city has made inroads into many specialties over the years.
Historian V. Sriram notes that it was the government that created the fundamental blocks for healthcare development in Madras. “Till the 1960s and 1970s, there were no private hospitals. We only had some private nursing homes. The hospitals were all government-run and Chennai has had a very long history of having well-known hospitals. We have the Government General Hospital, the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, the Government Royapettah Hospital and Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, which came later. We also had the Institute of Mental Health, the Women and Children Hospital (Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Egmore) and the Kasturba Gandhi Hospital. We have three centuries of healthcare, combined with a widespread presence of ayurveda, Siddha, and much later, homoeopathy. The city has a combination of several platforms of medical treatment,” he said.