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Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1664 by the British East India Company, it is the first modern hospital in India. [2] In the 19th century, the Madras Medical College joined it. As of 2018, the ...
The hospital grew, expanded, and moved out of the fort to its present location in 1772, where it stands today as the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, and was opened to Indians in 1842. [6] In 1785, medical departments were set up in Bengal , Madras , and Bombay presidencies with 234 surgeons.
The Government General Hospital was established on 16 November 1647 to treat soldiers of the British East India Company. [1] Madras Medical College was established on 2 February 1835. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Mary Scharlieb graduated from Madras Medical College in 1878.
The six-storied hospital building was constructed in a record 15 months. [8] The hospital houses the National Centre for Ageing, a 200-bed facility with 40 intensive care units. This centre functions under the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and was inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, 2023. [1]
Rajiv Gandhi Women And Children's Hospital is a hospital in Pondicherry, the capital of the Union territory of Puducherry, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building is over 300 years old. [ 3 ] In 2017 a proposition was put forward to increase the amount of beds from 430 to 700. [ 4 ]
Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla, India [1] Opened in 1664, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai is the first medical institution in the country. Chain hospitals Various chain or network hospitals operate in various cities of India.
The members of the High Level Committee, consisting of Dr. S. Arumugam, Dr. M. Natarajan, and Dr. S. Kameswaran, submitted the proposals to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran in the presence of H. V. Hande, former Minister for Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, on 5 July 1983 to start a separate medical university in Tamil Nadu.
The Institute started functioning on 1 July 1996 when a soft opening was done by Sonia Gandhi. However, it was formally inaugurated by the then, President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma, in the presence of Sonia Gandhi and others on 20 August 1996. It started as a 152 bedded hospital, and currently it's a 302 bedded hospital.