Medical College and Hospital Kolkata

Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata is also commonly known as Calcutta Medical College. It was founded in 1835 as Medical College in Kolkata, India, ‘the first college of European medicine in Asia’. The reason for establishing this college was to guide native youths irrespective of caste and creed in the principles and practices of medical science in accordance with the mode adopted in Europe.

Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata was the premier institution in.....Continuing reading India imparting a systematic education in western medicine. The classes were started in an old house at the back of the Hindu College. In May 1835, new premises were built on land which was donated by Mutty Lal Seal. During the first year of study, number of lectures on anatomy and physiology were given. O'Shaughnessy delivered a basic course of lectures on Chemistry from January to March 1836 and a second course from April to September. During 1837 and 1838, the staff of the College was increased and enriched by the appointment of CC Eggerton as Professor of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Nathaniel Wallich as Professor of Botany and R O'Shaughnessy as demonstrator of Anatomy.

The growth of Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata as reflected in the number of student’s presents is an interesting pattern. A period of modest rise in the number of students was followed by the increase from 1891-92 till 1901-02, and then a fall in 1906-07, exactly during the period of the disorder of the swadeshi movement in Bengal. Subsequently the increase continued unabated. An important change occurred in 1906 when the Calcutta University decided to stop the LMS examination held since 1861 and henceforth award only the degrees of MB and MD.

Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata and hospital both are in the same premises but the exclusive college part can be easily identified by the red brick construction. Most prominent feature of the administrative block is the clock tower. Infrastructure of the main academic block is pretty advanced. Academic part consists of three big gallery system lecture halls, museum with anatomy dissection hall and several laboratories. Throughout the whole compound the two most significant and notable things are the General Lecture Theatre and Oval.

Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata is offering a various courses to the students. Offered courses are so diverse in nature that they cover almost every discipline of medical as well as paramedical and technician course. The courses offered by Medical College and Hospital are: MBBS at the undergraduate level, post graduate level courses such as MD in Medicine and Medicine related disciplines, MS in Surgery and Surgery related disciplines, MS in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Medical College and Hospital - Kolkata also offers programs in diplomas and B. Sc degree in nursing. Paramedical and Technician courses offered by this institution consist of: Diploma in Radio Diagnosis, Diploma in Medical Lab Technology, Diploma in ENT, Diploma in Radio Therapy, Diploma in Cardio Thoracic, Diploma in Cardio Thoracic, Diploma in Physical Medicine, Diploma in Eco Cardiogram, and Bridge Course for Eco Cardiogram.....Reading in short