Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine (GHTM)

Dr. Muthu, a non-resident Indian returned from UK along with his English wife, established the “TB Sanatorium” on the Verdant Mountain-side of Pachamalai (Green Hillock) at Tambaram with 12 beds on 9.4.1928. Though he was keen to develop the hospital like the Mendip Hills Sanatorium of UK, he had to sell the property of 250 acres of land to the Government of Madras (now called as Government of Tamilnadu) on 24.3.1937, as he had to get back to England for personal reasons.

The TB Sanatorium grew steadily with the addition of Operation theatre, X-ray block, Laboratory and more wards. However, there was a brief interruption in the growth of the hospital during the World War II.