The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College has a well-equipped clinic, dental clinic and a dispensary. There is a fully qualified Nurse in charge of the Clinic, and the treatment of patients is prescribed by a daily visiting Doctor and visiting Dentist. All cases of serious illness are transferred to the private hospitals in Ootacamund or Coonoor. In case of serious illness or where the school Doctor advises, the parents are contacted by telephone or e-mail, (e.g. if a child needs special dental or eye treatment or has to be given spectacles). All pupils are given a thorough medical examination on admission and thereafter have periodical medical checks at which time their weight and height are recorded. Where a child has been under treatment prior to admission in the school, medicines sent by the parents will be administered, subject to the approval of the school Doctor. A prescription must accompany all medicines sent by parents. No child is permitted to keep medicines and if any, brought by the parents or the children must be handed over to the Nurse in charge of the Clinic.