Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital is a government hospital in Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, which was earlier called Hallet Hospital, and its campus stand adjacent to the Moti Jheel

Moti Jheel

Moti Jheel is a lake and a drinking water reservoir in the Benajhabar area of Kanpur, which with its adjoining gardens and children's park is an important tourist attraction...

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It is associated with GSVM Medical College, Kanpur.

History

The foundation stone of this hospital was laid on August 7, 1943 by Maurice Garnier Hallett, governor of the United Provinces. It was opened by field-marshal viscount Wavell of Gyrenaica and Winchester, viceroy and governor general of India on 16 December 1944.

After the independence of India its name was changed by the government of Uttar Pradesh after the great freedom-fighter, Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian author, freedom fighter and politician who is chiefly remembered as a leader in the Indian fight for freedom from the British Raj. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari or Sher-e-Punjab meaning the samem and was part of the Lal Bal Pal trio...

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Facilities

The main building of L.L.R. Hospital houses the departments of Medicine; Surgery; Orthopedics; Ophthalmology; Ear, Nose and Throat; Skin and Sexually Transmitted Disease; Radio Diagnosis; Outpatient; Mortuary; Casualty; Emergency Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.); Medicine I.C.U.; and Burn Unit.

It has the largest outpatient department in Asia.

External links

• G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, Official website
• Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital (LLR Hospital) at wikimapia
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