7-624: Eden Hospital , established in 1881, houses the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Medical College Kolkata , India. The gynaecological & midwifery care at Medical College received a great boost with the establishment of the Eden Hospital in 1881. The admission of patients started from 17 July 1882 with accommodation for 41 Europeans and 42 Indians. This was the largest obstetrics & gynaecological ward in
14-565: A hospital in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Medical College Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata , also known as Calcutta Medical College , is a Government medical college and hospital located in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . It is one of the oldest existing hospitals in India. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal . It
21-561: Is the second oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and the second institute to teach in English language. The college offers MBBS degree after five and a half years of medical training. Student politics is rooted in tradition, with many students participating in the Indian freedom struggle. Anti-British movements were implemented with
28-473: The 1950s to the 1970s, the college became a centre of leftist and far-left politics. Student politics was highly influenced by the Naxalbari uprising in the early 1970s. Medical College, Kolkata was ranked 45th among Medical Institutions by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023. It held the rank of 43 in 2022. In February 2023, Dr. Sudip Das, a professor of ENT Department from
35-459: The partition of Bengal and communal riots during and after the partition of India . Between 1946 and 1952, the college's doctors stood for communal harmony and worked hard in the refugee colonies. During 1952, ex-students of the college, among them Bidhan Chandra Roy who became the second Chief Minister of West Bengal , established the Students' Health Home for the welfare of students. From
42-547: The programmes of Bengal Provincial Students' Federation (BPSF), the Bengal branch of All India Students' Federation . Student politics was initially focused on the independence of India. In 1947, Sree Dhiraranjan Sen, a student of the college, died during a Vietnam Day police firing. The Vietnam Students’ Association passed a resolution in its Hanoi session in memory of Sen in March 1947. Student politics were highly influenced by
49-461: The whole of Asia. The Eden Hospital extension was completed in 1931 to accommodate a further 38 patients. In 1933, the trustees of the Estate of the late Mary Helena Mauger of Darjeeling donated Rs. 3,07,00 for Eden Hospital. Two hostels for junior doctors, namely Bonophool Hostel & Eden Roof Hostels, were built above the 3rd floor of the Eden Hospital in the 1970s. This article about
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