• Sundaram Medical Foundation, a non-profit trust set up by the Sundaram Finance Group of companies, has been established with the primary objective of providing quality medical care at affordable costs.

• SMF is a 150-bedded, full-facility medical centre. It is manned by a core group of highly qualified, fulltime doctors, backed up by a full complement of nursing and paramedical staff.

• It is a postgraduate training centre that is approved by the National Board of Examinations in 7 disciplines.

• SMF is not burdened by debt servicing costs or debt repayment obligations. All capital costs have been met by donations from the group companies to the trust.

• Economics in project design and implementation, close scrutiny of all equipment purchases for "appropriateness" and a carefully tailored group of quality assurance programmes and audits have resulted in cost savings that have been passed on to the community. 

• The hospital is ISO 9002 certified.

Sundaram Medical Foundation occupies a pre-eminent position in the healthcare scene of India as a model of cost-conscious healthcare delivery and corporate involvement in social projects.