Medical college chest hospital was inaugurated on 1 April 1982 by the Governor of Kerala Jothi Venkatachalam. G. M. C, Thrissur had its humble beginning at Mannuthy. By March 1983, the institution had moved to its permanent site at Mulakunnathukavu, where the old buildings of the T.B. sanatorium were modified to accommodate the pre-clinical and the para-clinical departments as well as the administrative block.