Mental healthcare in Chennai no longer follows strict neighborhood boundaries. Patients increasingly seek care based on availability, continuity, and predictable access, rather than proximity alone. As a result, my practice at Apollo Clinic, Velachery now routinely serves patients from across South, Central, and Extended Chennai.

South & South-East Chennai

Patients frequently travel from:

• Velachery

• Adambakkam

• Nanganallur

• Kovilambakkam

• Madipakkam

• Pallikaranai

• Medavakkam

• Keelkattalai

• Ullagaram

• Sholinganallur

• Perungudi

• Taramani

• Thoraipakkam

• OMR corridor (Siruseri, Navalur, Semmancheri)

These areas represent a high proportion of working professionals and nuclear families seeking evening psychiatric consultations and long-term follow-up.

GST Road & Airport Corridor

Patients also come from:

• St. Thomas Mount

• Meenambakkam

• Pallavaram

• Chromepet

• Tambaram

• Selaiyur

• Camp Road

• Medavakkam–Tambaram radial stretch

This corridor benefits from strong transport links to Velachery, making evening appointments feasible without disrupting work hours.

Central & Inner Chennai

Despite distance, many patients prefer structured follow-up and daily availability, leading them to travel from:

• Guindy

• Saidapet

• Ashok Nagar

• West Mambalam

• T. Nagar

• Alwarpet

• Nungambakkam

• Kodambakkam

• Vadapalani

For mental healthcare, predictable evening access often outweighs shorter distance.

North-West & Extended Chennai

A growing number of patients seek continuity-based psychiatry from:

• Anna Nagar

• Mogappair

• Ambattur

• Avadi

• Porur

• Ramapuram

• Manapakkam

These patients typically combine care visits with work commutes or planned evening travel.

Why Patients Travel Across Chennai for Mental Healthcare

Across all these areas, patients cite similar reasons:

• weekday evening availability (6 PM onwards)

• reliable follow-up schedules

• continuity of care under a single psychiatrist

• structured, clinic-based treatment (not rushed OPDs)

• ease of access to Velachery from multiple corridors

Mental healthcare is repeat-contact care. Patients are willing to travel farther if the system fits into their life reliably.

Apollo Clinic Velachery as a Chennai-Wide Access Node

Apollo Clinic, Velachery functions as:

• a central outpatient mental health hub,

• accessible from OMR, GST Road, and inner Chennai,

• supported by predictable clinic operations and appointment systems.

Combined with daily evening psychiatric OPD, this creates a city-wide catchment rather than a neighborhood-limited one.

About the Psychiatrist

Dr. Srinivas Rajkumar T, MD (AIIMS, New Delhi), DNB, MBA (BITS Pilani)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Data-Driven Health Analyst & Healthcare Systems Planner
Apollo Clinic, Velachery

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