26-506: Government Royapettah Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Royapettah in Chennai , India . The hospital with 712 beds is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu . It was founded in 1911 and is attached to Directorate of Medical Education. It is the city's largest peripheral hospital, and its limit extends up to Chengalpattu . The Government Royapettah Hospital
52-516: A major joint – Moorfields and Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL – new building project. The Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital (charity number 228064) is a grant-giving body, which primarily supports research carried out at the hospital and research partners at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, alongside a range of other projects. Between 1895 and 1927 a series of matrons who had trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes ran
78-585: A pivotal role in ophthalmic research. Sir Stewart Duke-Elder founded the Institute of Ophthalmology, formerly the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital in Gray's Inn Road and (now an integral part of University College London), and Sir Harold Ridley , Charles Schepens , and Norman Ashton have carried out research at Moorfields and the Institute. Founded in 1963, The Friends of Moorfields Charity
104-507: A wide range of volunteers, supporting the work and service of the hospital. Moorfields Eye Charity is an independent registered charity for Moorfields Eye Hospital. Moorfields Eye Charity raises funds, above and beyond those normally provided by the NHS, to support and promote the work and research of Moorfields Eye Hospital, for the benefit of patients and staff, by raising extra funds to enhance services, research, equipment and facilities including
130-478: Is an independent registered charity, raising funds for the benefit of the patients of Moorfields Eye Hospital. The primary aim of this charity is to provide supplementary services and equipment for the comfort and well-being of Moorfields' patients and their visitors. It contributes towards buying much needed technical items for professional use in the hospital's clinics, satellite centres, operating theatres and research laboratories. The charity also promotes and manages
156-521: Is bounded in the direction of Northwest by Nungambakkam , North by Chintadripet , Northeast by Chepauk , West by Gopalapuram , East by Triplicane , Southwest by Teynampet , South by Mylapore and Southeast by Marina Beach . Royapettah, along with the suburbs of Nungambakkam and Teynampet , was part of the Great Choultry Plain, as the British had it in their records back in 1721. Soon after
182-492: The Amalgamations Group , Standard Motor Products of India , and TVS Motor Company . This, coupled with low rental rates in the nearby streets, resulted in automobile spare manufacturers and dealers opening shops in the region, including Pudupet , Chintadripet , General Patters Road, Whites Road, State Bank Street and so forth. General Patters Road became the hub of automobile service and spare dealers. This resulted in
208-762: The Chennai Metro , which runs along the western periphery of the neighbourhood. The Royapettah metro station on the Purple Line of the Chennai Metro is under construction. Moorfields Eye Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist National Health Service (NHS) eye hospital in Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust . Together with
234-576: The National Health Service in 1948. These anniversaries gave it the unique ability to celebrate a centenary in 1999 and a bicentenary in 2005. The new Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre (RDCEC), was endowed by the publisher, Richard Desmond , and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in February 2007. Its location is adjacent to the hospital's main City Road building. In December 2021, it
260-701: The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology , which is adjacent to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in Europe . Moorfields Eye Hospital was founded at Charterhouse Square in 1805 as the London Dispensary for curing diseases of the Eye and Ear , by John Cunningham Saunders , assisted by John Richard Farre . It moved to a site on the former Moorfields in 1822, before moving to its present site in 1899, and became part of
286-833: The Carnatic kingdom in 1855 with the Doctrine of Lapse , the Chepauk Palace , the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government. The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there. However, the British granted the Amir Mahal to the Prince of Arcot and the office building was soon converted into a palace by Robert Chrisholm . In 1876,
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#1732869739905312-599: The Nawab moved in with his family into the Amir Mahal, which has since been the residence of the Nawabs of Arcot. The Purification Church was apparently the first church built in the neighbourhood around 1769. However, this was replaced in 1848 by the Presentation Church, also known as the Wallajahpet Church. This was built on a 21-ground plot granted by the Nawab in 1813. The Subramania Swamy Temple located adjacent to
338-565: The Royapettah Government Hospital has a full-fledged emergency department, including triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines. Located centrally within the city, Royapettah is well connected to other neighbourhoods of Chennai, with several bus routes passing through it. Whites road, Avvai Shanmugam Salai and Royapettah High Road are
364-503: The Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines. In 2021, the hospital performed its first tumor-removal keyhole surgery. In 2011, as part of its centenary celebration, the Central Government funded the hospital a sum of ₹ 43.5 million to construct two additional floors in its Accident and Trauma Block. There was also a proposal for setting up a "Zero Delay Ward". The state government funded ₹ 10 million on
390-639: The arrival of the British in the city in the early 17th century, a large Eurasian population started settling in Royapettah and surrounding regions in the 17th and 18th centuries. Muslim settlements started appearing in the neighbourhood from the latter half of the 18th century. In 1798, the British East India Company constructed the Amir Mahal to house its administrative offices. When the Company annexed
416-628: The church was built around 1889 in the area now known as Zam Bazaar. The Thousand Lights Mosque was built in 1810. In 1819, the first Methodist chapel in India was opened in Royapettah by the Methodist missionary James Lynch who settled down in the neighbourhood a year before. The church grew into the Wesley Church, which was dedicated in 1853. In 1819, the Madras Eye Infirmary (MEI) was founded in
442-600: The first Indian-style, vegetarian hotels in the city. In the 1930s, a clock tower was built in the neighbourhood. Gani and Sons, formerly known as the South India Watch Company, provided the clock instrument for the clock tower. By the middle of the 20th century, Anna Salai had become the hub of automobile manufacturers in South India , including conglomerates such as Simson , Addison Motor Company , Royal Enfield , South India Automotive Company, George Oaks of
468-436: The former chief minister of Tamil Nadu , M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.). The headquarters is called Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai , which is located at V.P. Raman Salai. The building was donated to the party in 1986 by M.G.R.'s wife and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, V. N. Janaki Ramachandran . Also, the headquarters of an Indian regional political party, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam , founded by
494-547: The former member of parliament of the Republic of India , T. T. V. Dhinakaran , is located at Westcott Salai. The Government Royapettah Hospital , which serves as the chief healthcare institution in the neighbourhood, is the city's largest peripheral hospital and its limit extends up to Chengalpattu . Second in the government sector next only to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital ,
520-542: The neighbourhood. It remains the oldest specialist eye hospital in Asia and the second oldest in the world. Modelled on Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, the hospital was moved to Egmore in 1884 and became the Government Ophthalmic Hospital in 1886. The Government Royapettah Hospital was opened in 1911. The first superintendent of the hospital was Col. C. Donovan. In 1858, Monahan Girls' School, one of
546-479: The new surgical block. The casualty ward is already under renovation. Royapettah Royapettah is a neighbourhood of Chennai , India. Royapettah is located at the central part of the city of Chennai, with an elevation of 9 m (29 ft.) above mean sea level. The neighbourhood comes under Teynampet Zone (number 9) and ward number 118 (old number 112) of the Chennai Corporation . Royapettah
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#1732869739905572-643: The oldest Protestant schools, was opened in Royapettah. In 1928, the neighbourhood had one of the earliest school for physical education in the Wesley School. The Royapettah post office appeared in 1834 as a subsidiary of the General Post Office at George Town . With the opening of the Woodlands Hotel in 1938 and the Modern Hindu Hotel on General Patter's Road, the neighbourhood became the home to
598-499: The primary streets in the neighbourhood. The city's arterial Anna Salai tangentially touches the western periphery of the neighbourhood. Royapettah has a flyover on Royapettah High Road. There are plans to build a 5-kl/day sewage treatment plant along the pliers of the flyover and is under construction. Royapettah is served by the LIC and Thousand Lights metro stations on the Blue Line of
624-438: The region coming to be called The Detroit of India . As of Census of India 2011 , the total population of Royapettah was 14,912, including 7,444 males and 7,468 females. Royapettah comes under the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency and the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency . The suburb hosts the headquarters of an Indian regional political party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , founded by
650-609: Was announced that the Moorfields building on City Road and adjacent building "Kemp House" had been sold to private developers, and that the hospital would relocate to a new facility near King's Cross railway station at the St Pancras Hospital site in Camden Moorfields Eye Hospital is a major centre for postgraduate training of ophthalmologists , orthoptists , optometrists , and nurses . It has also played
676-498: Was opened in 1911. The first superintendent of the hospital was Col. C. Donovan. The cancer treatment centre at the hospital's annexure building was constructed for ₹ 170 million. The centre is the first exclusive government-run facility for cancer care in the state. The hospital is the second in the government sector, after the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital , to have a full-fledged emergency department, which includes triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per
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