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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 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]
The foundation stone for the new building of the college was laid by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, on 28 February 2010. [ 4 ] In January 2011, the hospital was renamed as Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.
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. [5]
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]
Ornamental trellis at Central Square Park. The Central Square is a city square and major intersection in Chennai.Areas surrounding the Ripon Building, Victoria Public Hall, Moore Market Complex, Chennai Central Railway Station, the Southern Railway Headquarters and the Government General Hospital are being developed as part of the Central Square.
The new facility, along with a hospital, was constructed on the area that formerly housed the Musheerabad Jail. [5] [6] Initially the teaching hospital for the college was an infirmary that opened in 1851 with funds from philanthropists, and was named KEM Hospital in honor of King Edward VII. The hospital was renamed Gandhi Hospital in 1958.
V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (1872–1936), one of the luminaries of the national movement during the pre-Gandhi era, was made to operate it when he was imprisoned at the Coimbatore central jail. Thirty-six years ago, the oil expeller was found buried in Coimbatore and brought to Chennai for display on the estate.