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The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) is a representative body of junior doctors working in government medical institutions across West Bengal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It gained prominence through its involvement in advocating for better working conditions, medical infrastructure, and the safety of healthcare workers.
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 Asia. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. It is one of the ...
The second campus of CNMC previously Calcutta Pavlov Hospital houses the psychiatry department. [6] CNMC&H is one of the biggest government hospitals in West Bengal having extensive OPD, day care and indoor patient care services with more than 8,000 patients attending OPD every day. Total available bed strength is 1470.
Dr. Surendranath Ghosh was the first native Indian doctor to be appointed in PG Hospital. [10] The first floor of the Woodburn Block was renamed as Dr. S. N. Ghosh Ward, by the then Chief minister Hon'ble Jyoti Basu following the publication of the article in PG Bulletin, along with a photograph of Dr. Ghosh and facsimile of his diary page.
The old hospital building has been renovated and has become the new OPD building. OPD timings are from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. The Central Library in the new academic building houses a 7500 books along with 80 foreign journals and has high-speed internet facility for e-library facility. Hospital Blood Bank and Fair price medicine shop is present.
In 1973 with the help of few doctors and social workers, Saroj Gupta started a 25 bedded hospital to serve patients from the underprivileged sector, suffering from cancer. [2] The family of Late Chintaharan Das donated a piece of marshy land at Thakurpukur , where the Saroj Gupta Cancer and Research Institute came up.
Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) is a medical institution and hospital on Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, which functions under the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. It started in July 1932 as Shishumangal Pratishthan , a maternity and child welfare clinic by Swami Dayanand, a disciple of Sarada Devi .
[2]: 105 Kolkata has the highest percentage (55 percent) of woman who are having anaemia among the surveyed cities, while 20 percent of the men in Kolkata are anaemic. [ 2 ] : 56–57 Large number of people suffers from diseases like diabetes , asthma , goitre and other thyroid disorders . : 57–59 Tropical diseases like malaria , dengue and ...