SHORT HISTORY OF THE MEDICINE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Medicine with teaching faculty was started in the year 1956 headed by Dr.M.D. Ananthachari with first batch of undergraduate students. Later in 1963, M.D. General Medicine Postgraduate course was started with the due recognition of the Medical Council of India. Eminent Professors headed the department and upgraded it its present state. The family tree of Medicine started sprouting its branches slowly. In 1970s Neurology, between 1980 – 1990 Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Medical Oncology, and Transfusion Medicine got establised and separate departments.

ACTIVITIES
The department has seven Medical units headed by 8 senior Professors assisted by 17 Assistant Professors. There is an air-conditioned Intensive Medical care unit with15 beds and 15 beds fortoxicology intensive care headed by a senior Professor. Round the clock service is done by the Assistant Professor, Postgraduates and Interns. It is well equipped with emergency gadgets like ventilators, bedside monitor, Pulse Oximeters, four-channel ECG machine, etc.
There is an air-conditioned seminar hall with slide projectors, over-head projectors, Video cassette player and television. The library has a collection of latest books and journals.
Each Medical unit has 20 beds in the Male ward,20 beds in the Female ward.It is well equipped with all facilities for patient care, teaching and bedside tests. All 7 units look after the Out-patient and admissions daily on rotation.
1000- 1500 patients attend the regular OPD every day until 12.00 Noon. Thereafter emergency case seen round the clock. About 55 –60 male patients and 30–35 female patients are admitted every day. Emergencies are tackled efficiently in seperate triage ward equipped with state of art equipments and with the help from super-specialists.