Sundaram Medical Foundation

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Sundaram Medical Foundation (also referred to as SMF or Dr. Rangarajan Memorial Hospital) is a community-centered, Non-Profit, trust hospital founded in 1994 by S. Rangarajan. Sundaram Medical Foundation offers multi-specialty medical care, including 24-hour ambulance service and emergency room facilities, and specialty such as General Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Dental, Family Medicine, Orthopedics and Psychiatry.[1]

Sundaram Medical Foundation offers medical education[2] in nine post-graduate disciplines under the National Board of Examinations (through which Dip.NB is awarded). SMF maintains community health initiatives[3] including CANSTOP,[4] a cancer-care NGO dedicated to the memory of S. Rangarajan, educational programs for local residents in diabetes, hypertension and asthma (named STEP programs) and others.[5]

SMF is accredited according to the standards of ISO:9001:2008 and is accredited as NABL: 15189:2007 for laboratory services in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Clinical Pathology and Histopathology as well as being the first hospital in India to be certified with ISO/ IEC 27001:2005 – Information Security Management in Sep 2007 and upgraded to 2013 version in Sep 2015.[6]

Sundaram Medical Foundation has been supported since inception by the Sundaram Finance Group (a TVS group company).[7] Rangarajan died in 1997 of cancer.[8] After his death, Sundaram Medical Foundation additionally incorporated the name 'Dr. Rangarajan Memorial Hospital'.

Sundaram Medical Foundation's main hospital premises operates at Shanthi Colony in the neighborhood of Anna Nagar while an outpatient facility operates at Mogappair.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Official website".
  2. ↑ ""Get professional training to handle an accident emergency"". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ ""Walk the talk to stop breast cancer"". The New Indian Express.
  4. ↑ CANSTOP
  5. ↑ "SMF Hospital community activities".
  6. ↑ "SMF Hospital accreditations".
  7. ↑ "Official Sundaram Finance Group website".
  8. ↑ "The Indian Express". The Indian Express.


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