KPC Medical College and Hospital
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KPC Medical college is situated in Calcutta,West Bengal & affiliated to The West Bengal University of Health Sciences
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Address: 1F, Subodh Chandra Mullick
Road, Kolkata
, West Bengal
, India
PIN Code: 700 032
Co-ordinate: 22.493248N & 88.373144 E
Nearest Railway Station: Jadabpur under Eastern Railway;
Nearest Metro Station: Kavi Shubash
Nearest Airport: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
, Dumdum
Kumud Shankar Ray (1892-1950) did pioneering work in tuberculosis, chest medicine, thoracic surgery, gland grafting, radium therapy, etc. Moreover, he was the founder-member of organisations and institutions like the Indian Medical Association, the Medical Council of India, the Journal of the IMA, S B Dey TB Sanatorium (Kurseong), National Medical College, and the TB hospital at Jadavpur. All this is a part of India's medical history and fight against colonial rule. As Alderman, he started the mosquito control department and was the chief whip of Swarajya Party and a lieutenant of Deshbandhu C R Das. As a fellow of Calcutta University he helped to organise the Anthropology Department.
It is South Asia's first and the state's only specialised TB hospital,visited by Mahatma Gandhi for the last time on 26 August 1947.Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose also frequently visited the hospital. Set up in 1922 by the pioneering thoracic surgeon as a four-bed sanatorium, it became a 750-bed centre with money donated by a landed aristocrat called Provash Ghosh, who died from the disease and willed his entire fortune of Rs 1.6 lakh to Ray to acquire the 65 acre location and set up the hospital.The Left Front government acquired the hospital through an ordinance in 1977.
Poet Sukanta Bhattacharya
died of tuberculosis at the Jadavpur T. B. Hospital (later, K. S. Roy T. B. Hospital) in Calcutta at a very young age of 20.In January 2002,a memorandum of understanding was signed between the state government and a British agency for setting up of the college.It's student capacity now is 50.
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has published the latest list of Hospitals, Diagnostic Laboratories and Imaging Centers empaneled with Central Government Health Scheme for Central Government Employees and Pensioners as on 10th June 2010.
KPC Medical College has been recommended for the following :
Medical Services available at KPC Medical College and Hospital, Jadavpur
.The College is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences
since 2003, which is a recently created university
by the Government of West Bengal
.
.It's student capacity is 50.
West Bengal University of Health Sciences
The West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the year 2003 for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of...
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Location
Address: 1F, Subodh Chandra Mullick
Subodh Chandra Mullick
Subodh Chandra Mullick, Raja, was a nationalist in Calcutta during the British rule of India. He is notable for the substantial monetary contribution for the cause of education...
Road, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
PIN Code: 700 032
Co-ordinate: 22.493248N & 88.373144 E
Nearest Railway Station: Jadabpur under Eastern Railway;
Nearest Metro Station: Kavi Shubash
Nearest Airport: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the greater Kolkata metro area. The airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in the honour of Subhas Chandra Bose...
, Dumdum
Establishment
It is the first private-public-partnership (PPP) model medical college of West Bengal,situated in the premises of Dr.K.S.Ray TB Hospital,founded by Dr.K.S.Ray himself.Kumud Shankar Ray (1892-1950) did pioneering work in tuberculosis, chest medicine, thoracic surgery, gland grafting, radium therapy, etc. Moreover, he was the founder-member of organisations and institutions like the Indian Medical Association, the Medical Council of India, the Journal of the IMA, S B Dey TB Sanatorium (Kurseong), National Medical College, and the TB hospital at Jadavpur. All this is a part of India's medical history and fight against colonial rule. As Alderman, he started the mosquito control department and was the chief whip of Swarajya Party and a lieutenant of Deshbandhu C R Das. As a fellow of Calcutta University he helped to organise the Anthropology Department.
It is South Asia's first and the state's only specialised TB hospital,visited by Mahatma Gandhi for the last time on 26 August 1947.Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose also frequently visited the hospital. Set up in 1922 by the pioneering thoracic surgeon as a four-bed sanatorium, it became a 750-bed centre with money donated by a landed aristocrat called Provash Ghosh, who died from the disease and willed his entire fortune of Rs 1.6 lakh to Ray to acquire the 65 acre location and set up the hospital.The Left Front government acquired the hospital through an ordinance in 1977.
Poet Sukanta Bhattacharya
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Sukanta Bhattacharya was a Bengali poet and playwright. Along with Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, he was one of the key figures of modern Bengali poetry, despite the fact that most of his works had been in publication posthumously...
died of tuberculosis at the Jadavpur T. B. Hospital (later, K. S. Roy T. B. Hospital) in Calcutta at a very young age of 20.In January 2002,a memorandum of understanding was signed between the state government and a British agency for setting up of the college.It's student capacity now is 50.
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Hospital and Administrative sections
Some of the blocks are:- KPC Medical College and Hospital Building
- K.P.M Ward
- Sarada Building
- Benthal Ward
- N.R.S. and P.C.R. Ward
- Lady Narayani Ward
- New P.W.D.building
- Sukanta Library
- Labour Welfare Facilitation Centre
Medical Services
Recently Central Government Health Scheme,Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has published the latest list of Hospitals, Diagnostic Laboratories and Imaging Centers empaneled with Central Government Health Scheme for Central Government Employees and Pensioners as on 10th June 2010.
KPC Medical College has been recommended for the following :
- Multi-specialty [General purpose];
- Dental Care [General Dentistry];
- Diagnostic Centre [Laboratory, CT, USG / Colour Doppler and X – Ray].
- Not recommended for Eye Care.
Medical Services available at KPC Medical College and Hospital, Jadavpur
- Allergy and immunology treatment
- Asthama diagnosis and control
- Anesthesia
- Arthritis clinic
- Coldwell sinus operation
- Cataract extraction
- Cervicalspondylosis operation
- Child and adolescent development care
- Congenital abnormality
- Diabetic detection and control
- Ear, Nose and Throat treatment
- General surgery
- Geriatric care and management
- Heart and coronary care
- Hip joint replacement
- Infectious disease control and care
- Internal medicine
- Knee arthroscopy
- Knee joint replacement
- Knee menisectomy
- Liver disease
- Lumber spondylosis operation
- Kidney stone operation
- Neuro-medicine
- Normal delivery and caesarian delivery
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Oncology and cancer treatment
- Oral and dental care
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Paediatric dental surgery
- Paediatric medicine and surgery
- Paediatric surgery including neonatology
- Pharmaceutical store
- Physical (including aquatic) and rehab therapy
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Psychological and psychiatric care
- Skin/dermatological care
- Stapedectomy (for deafness)
- Tropical disease control and care
- Tympanoplasty (eardrum repair)
- Ureteroscopic and stone removal
- Vaccination
- Well baby clinic
- Digital X-Ray
- CT Scan
- EEG
- ECG
- ENDOSCOPY
- USG
- PHACO SURGERY
- KNEE Joint Replacement
- Hip Joint Replacement
- Plastic Surgery
- Uro Surgery
- Blood Culture & Sensitivity
- FNAC
- Lipid Profile Test
- LFT
- Speech Therapy
- Audiometry
Departments
- Department of Anatomy.
- Department of Physiology.
- Department of Biochemistry.
- Department of Pharmacology.
- Department of Community Medicine.
- Department of Pathology.
- Department of Microbiology.
- Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
- Department of Radiology.
- Department of Ophthalmology.
- Department of Dentistry.
- Department of General Medicine.
- Department of Cardiology.
- Department of Chest Medicine.
- Department of Pediatric Medicine.
- Department of Psychiatry.
- Department of Neuromedicine.
- Department of Dermatology.
- Department of Anesthesiology.
- Department of General Surgery.
- Department of Orthopedics.
- Department of Gastroenterology.
- Department of Urosurgery.
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.
- Department of Neurosurgery.
- Department of Radiotherapy.
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
- Department of Blood Bank.
- Department of Hemodialysis.
Admission
Admission to this college is by the West Bengal Joint Entrance ExaminationWest Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses...
.The College is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences
West Bengal University of Health Sciences
The West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the year 2003 for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of...
since 2003, which is a recently created university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
by the Government of West Bengal
Government of West Bengal
The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 19 districts...
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.It's student capacity is 50.
Administration
The college and hospital are funded and managed by KPC Charitable Trust and Government of West Bengal.External links
- West Bengal University of Health SciencesWest Bengal University of Health SciencesThe West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the year 2003 for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of...