The Marthandam Mission Hospital was initially started in a building near the Marthandam
market in 1883 before the present hospital campus was purchased and a building built
in 1892 under the chairmanship of Dr. Sargood Fry. The Diwan Ragavaiah having visited
the hospital recognized its efficient functioning closed down the nearby government
hospital and sanctioned a yearly government aid to this hospital. Soon a maternity
ward and a general ward were constructed followed by a surgical, post-operative
and dental unit and the hospital continued to flourish well.
This hospital was started in 1883 by Dr.Thompson and Dr.P.Vethamonickam, Dr.G.M.Moses
affectionately called as ‘Physician of the poor’ served here from 1944 to 1966 and
today a inpatient ward has been named after him as the Dr.Moses Memorial Block –
Today this is a Multispecialty hospital situated on the National Highway doing extremely
well.