Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital
Encyclopedia
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College is amongst the foremost teaching and medical care providing institutions in India
. It was founded in 1926 in Mumbai
. The Seth G.S. Medical College is affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
(MUHS), Nashik and is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious medical college in India.
The medical school
(Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College) provides training to about 2000 students in undergraduate, postgraduate and super-speciality medical courses. The institute also provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in physical therapy
and occupational therapy
apart from Master's
and PhD
courses in various allied specialities. A nursing
school is also maintained by the institution.
With about 390 staff physician
s and 550 resident doctors, the 1800 bedded hospital treats about 1.8 million out-patients and 78,000 in-patients annually and provides both basic care and advanced treatment facilities in all fields of medicine and surgery.
Funded mainly by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
, these institutions render yeomen service - virtually free of cost - mostly to the underprivileged sections of the society.
Dr. Sanjay Oak
is the current Dean of K.E.M. Hospital.
. This locality is home to the middle and lower middle class citizens of Mumbai. It also has many medical centers in a area of a square kilometer. These include, besides the KEM and GS Medical College, the Wadia Maternity Hospital, the Wadia Children's Hospital (both affiliated to the KEM); the Tata Memorial Hospital
which is the largest cancer hospital in Asia , the Institute for Research in Reproduction and the Haffkine Institute
, the latter being a premier "basic medical research" institute in the city.
in 1876. The people of the Bombay presidency
raised a fund to build a hospital in memory of the late king. The secretaries of the memorial committee asked the Municipal Corporation to use the fund (Rs 575,000) for building the proposed hospital. The Government of Bombay donated 50,000 square yards of land on the estate of the Government House at Parel. (Till then, this former residence of the Governor of Bombay housed the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory-later to become the Haffkine Institute.)
About that time, Sir Pherozshah Mehta, Sir Chimanlal Setalvad and Sir Narayan Chandavarkar helped settle a dispute among the successors of Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas of the Mulji Jetha family. As a token of gratitude, the heirs offered Rs 1,200,000 for the foundation of a medical school, named after Seth Gordhandas to be associated with the proposed hospital. At the instance of Sir Pherozshah Mehta, the donors also insisted that the professors and teachers to be employed should all be properly qualified independent Indian gentlemen not in government service. The Municipality approached the Bombay Medical Union for a detailed scheme for the organization of the medical college and hospital. Dr Jivraj Mehta, just returned from London after obtaining an MD degree, was approached by the union. He suggested a radical departure from the traditional design of teaching hospitals in India where isolated blocks housed separate departments. Dr. Mehta proposed that the entire medical college be housed in one large building and the hospital (including the out-patient block) in a separate building. This would facilitate coordination between the various departments. The two buildings were to be interconnected by covered corridors so that patients, students and staff could easily go from one building to another during heavy monsoon rains. (The Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital were the first multistoreyed institutions of their kind. The KEM Hospital was the first Indian hospital housing the out-patient department within the main hospital building.)
The plans were submitted to WA Pite who had designed the Kings College Hospital in London and was then a leading authority on hospital construction. The local architect was George Wittet. In those days it was thought that if an architect happened to be an Englishman, he was not only a fit person to draw up plans for a hospital but also to select its equipment. Wittet drew up a long list of equipment to be imported from England, including even ordinary beds for the wards, lockers and mobile screens.
The equipment committee (consisting of Dr Rustom Cooper, Dr PT Patel and Col. Hamilton) insisted on obtaining most items from Bombay. Wittet strongly expressed his resentment but was disregarded. When the hospital and the college were formally inaugurated on 22 January 1926, Wittet was presented a gold cigarette case by the Governor of Bombay, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, in appreciation of his services. In the very first week, however, a large piece of the plastered ceiling of the operation theatre came down and within the first fortnight, the tiled floor cracked! The total cost of construction of the hospital was Rs 2,527,699 and that of the college Rs 1,364,574.
In making the first appointments to the staff, the Municipal Corporation was largely guided by Dr. GV Deshmukh—a very active member of the corporation and also a big noise in the profession (Cooper). Dr Jivraj Mehta was elected Dean of the college and hospital. The first batch of teachers included Dr MDD Gilder, Dr PC Bharucha, Dr. AS Erulkar, Dr PT Patel, Dr GV Deshmukh, Dr RN Cooper, Dr VL Parmar, Dr NA Purandare, Dr. VR Khanolkar and Dr. BB Yodh, who, according to Dr Jivraj Mehta, were individuals of the highest capability and deepest integrity. There was a great bond of striving towards a common aim—-ensuring a brilliant success for these institutions. Remember, these were the first medical institutions in the country staffed by Indians at the professorial and other levels and there was a great sense of pride in all of us.
The list of members of the staff in 1926 shows their designations as Honorary surgeon and lecturer in surgery, Honorary physician and lecturer in medicine and so on. Dr Rustom Cooper explained: To ensure smooth working, some departures from accepted policies were instituted. It was the usual practice in hospitals to have surgeons in order of seniority. The senior surgeon became, ipsottfacto, professor of surgery. The surgeons at the KEM Hospital decided differently. It was resolved to drop the high sounding title of professor and call the surgeons just lecturers. It must be said to the credit of Drs GV Deshmukh and AP Bacha that, though they had a senior standing in the profession, they agreed to this arrangement. This plan was accepted by all the other departments and has been responsible for the great fellow-feeling that has always prevailed. Many heartaches and petty jealousies were thus averted.
Part of the success was also due to the extraordinary qualities of Dr Jivraj Mehta. “I would come over to the hospital in the middle of the night . . . keep my car outside the hospital compound so that no one knew in advance of my presence and moved about the hospital, entering the wards through the servants staircase to check for myself that no one on duty misused his time. I preferred using the small, winding staircases near the toilet blocks so that I could check on the sanitary facilities. Call books were checked regularly and doctors not attending within a reasonable period were disciplined. I would taste the patient’s food from time to time and walk into the students hostel and resident’s quarters at midnight to see how they lived and worked. ...”
However, since those times and till this date, with increasing number of students, there have been many protests by resident doctors and under-graduates about the dismal living conditions prevailing in the institute, going into the hostels where the doctors return after a day and possibly many days and nights of toil, one can say that there must indeed be nobility in the medical profession that they all shall return tomorrow to their patients and give them service of life
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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...
. It was founded in 1926 in Mumbai
Mumbai
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. The Seth G.S. Medical College is affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences is located in Nashik District, Maharashtra, India.The university was established on 3 June 1998 by the state Government of Maharashtra through an ordinance....
(MUHS), Nashik and is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious medical college in India.
The medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
(Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College) provides training to about 2000 students in undergraduate, postgraduate and super-speciality medical courses. The institute also provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in physical therapy
Physical therapy
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and occupational therapy
Occupational therapy
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apart from Master's
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and PhD
PHD
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courses in various allied specialities. A nursing
Nursing
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school is also maintained by the institution.
With about 390 staff physician
Physician
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s and 550 resident doctors, the 1800 bedded hospital treats about 1.8 million out-patients and 78,000 in-patients annually and provides both basic care and advanced treatment facilities in all fields of medicine and surgery.
Funded mainly by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika is the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai and is India's richest municipal organisation. Its annual budget is even more than that of some of the small states of India. It is also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai or the Brihanmumbai...
, these institutions render yeomen service - virtually free of cost - mostly to the underprivileged sections of the society.
Dr. Sanjay Oak
Sanjay Oak
Dr. Sanjay Oak is an Indian surgeon, specialised in the field of Paediatric Surgery and Laparoscopy. He is the current dean of Seth G. S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India....
is the current Dean of K.E.M. Hospital.
Location
The medical college and hospital is located in central Mumbai in an area called ParelParel
Lower Parel or Parel is central part of Mumbai. It is also lends its name to two railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway. Most of the mills in Mumbai used to be in this area till some years ago...
. This locality is home to the middle and lower middle class citizens of Mumbai. It also has many medical centers in a area of a square kilometer. These include, besides the KEM and GS Medical College, the Wadia Maternity Hospital, the Wadia Children's Hospital (both affiliated to the KEM); the Tata Memorial Hospital
Tata Memorial Hospital
The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai in India. It is a specialist cancer treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer . One of the fields of specialization of this hospital is in the treatment of acute...
which is the largest cancer hospital in Asia , the Institute for Research in Reproduction and the Haffkine Institute
Haffkine Institute
The Haffkine Institute was established on 10, January, 1899 by Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, an orthodox Jewish Russian scientist from the Pasteur Institute, that aasigned him to work in India, then in the throes of major plague and cholera outbreaks...
, the latter being a premier "basic medical research" institute in the city.
History
The history of these institutions is closely related to India's struggle for freedom from the British. When qualified Indian nationals were denied attachments as teachers and doctors to the then only Medical College in Bombay (Mumbai), the Grant Medical College, a few pioneering Indian doctors, who had returned from the UK with medical degrees, set about founding a medical college of their own to which only Indian nationals would be admitted as teachers and doctors - this culminated in the establishment of the Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College through a munificent donation from the heirs of Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas - a wealthy Bombay merchant.Genesis and foundation
In 1907, under the Police Charges Act, the work of medical relief within the city of Bombay was entrusted to the Municipal Corporation. In 1909, an ad hoc committee of the corporation decided that the time had come for the provision of a fully equipped hospital to meet the growing needs of the north of the island. On 6 May 1910, Edward VII died. He had visited India as Prince of WalesPrince of Wales
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in 1876. The people of the Bombay presidency
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency was a province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the English East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.At its greatest...
raised a fund to build a hospital in memory of the late king. The secretaries of the memorial committee asked the Municipal Corporation to use the fund (Rs 575,000) for building the proposed hospital. The Government of Bombay donated 50,000 square yards of land on the estate of the Government House at Parel. (Till then, this former residence of the Governor of Bombay housed the Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory-later to become the Haffkine Institute.)
About that time, Sir Pherozshah Mehta, Sir Chimanlal Setalvad and Sir Narayan Chandavarkar helped settle a dispute among the successors of Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas of the Mulji Jetha family. As a token of gratitude, the heirs offered Rs 1,200,000 for the foundation of a medical school, named after Seth Gordhandas to be associated with the proposed hospital. At the instance of Sir Pherozshah Mehta, the donors also insisted that the professors and teachers to be employed should all be properly qualified independent Indian gentlemen not in government service. The Municipality approached the Bombay Medical Union for a detailed scheme for the organization of the medical college and hospital. Dr Jivraj Mehta, just returned from London after obtaining an MD degree, was approached by the union. He suggested a radical departure from the traditional design of teaching hospitals in India where isolated blocks housed separate departments. Dr. Mehta proposed that the entire medical college be housed in one large building and the hospital (including the out-patient block) in a separate building. This would facilitate coordination between the various departments. The two buildings were to be interconnected by covered corridors so that patients, students and staff could easily go from one building to another during heavy monsoon rains. (The Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital were the first multistoreyed institutions of their kind. The KEM Hospital was the first Indian hospital housing the out-patient department within the main hospital building.)
The plans were submitted to WA Pite who had designed the Kings College Hospital in London and was then a leading authority on hospital construction. The local architect was George Wittet. In those days it was thought that if an architect happened to be an Englishman, he was not only a fit person to draw up plans for a hospital but also to select its equipment. Wittet drew up a long list of equipment to be imported from England, including even ordinary beds for the wards, lockers and mobile screens.
The equipment committee (consisting of Dr Rustom Cooper, Dr PT Patel and Col. Hamilton) insisted on obtaining most items from Bombay. Wittet strongly expressed his resentment but was disregarded. When the hospital and the college were formally inaugurated on 22 January 1926, Wittet was presented a gold cigarette case by the Governor of Bombay, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, in appreciation of his services. In the very first week, however, a large piece of the plastered ceiling of the operation theatre came down and within the first fortnight, the tiled floor cracked! The total cost of construction of the hospital was Rs 2,527,699 and that of the college Rs 1,364,574.
In making the first appointments to the staff, the Municipal Corporation was largely guided by Dr. GV Deshmukh—a very active member of the corporation and also a big noise in the profession (Cooper). Dr Jivraj Mehta was elected Dean of the college and hospital. The first batch of teachers included Dr MDD Gilder, Dr PC Bharucha, Dr. AS Erulkar, Dr PT Patel, Dr GV Deshmukh, Dr RN Cooper, Dr VL Parmar, Dr NA Purandare, Dr. VR Khanolkar and Dr. BB Yodh, who, according to Dr Jivraj Mehta, were individuals of the highest capability and deepest integrity. There was a great bond of striving towards a common aim—-ensuring a brilliant success for these institutions. Remember, these were the first medical institutions in the country staffed by Indians at the professorial and other levels and there was a great sense of pride in all of us.
The list of members of the staff in 1926 shows their designations as Honorary surgeon and lecturer in surgery, Honorary physician and lecturer in medicine and so on. Dr Rustom Cooper explained: To ensure smooth working, some departures from accepted policies were instituted. It was the usual practice in hospitals to have surgeons in order of seniority. The senior surgeon became, ipsottfacto, professor of surgery. The surgeons at the KEM Hospital decided differently. It was resolved to drop the high sounding title of professor and call the surgeons just lecturers. It must be said to the credit of Drs GV Deshmukh and AP Bacha that, though they had a senior standing in the profession, they agreed to this arrangement. This plan was accepted by all the other departments and has been responsible for the great fellow-feeling that has always prevailed. Many heartaches and petty jealousies were thus averted.
Part of the success was also due to the extraordinary qualities of Dr Jivraj Mehta. “I would come over to the hospital in the middle of the night . . . keep my car outside the hospital compound so that no one knew in advance of my presence and moved about the hospital, entering the wards through the servants staircase to check for myself that no one on duty misused his time. I preferred using the small, winding staircases near the toilet blocks so that I could check on the sanitary facilities. Call books were checked regularly and doctors not attending within a reasonable period were disciplined. I would taste the patient’s food from time to time and walk into the students hostel and resident’s quarters at midnight to see how they lived and worked. ...”
However, since those times and till this date, with increasing number of students, there have been many protests by resident doctors and under-graduates about the dismal living conditions prevailing in the institute, going into the hostels where the doctors return after a day and possibly many days and nights of toil, one can say that there must indeed be nobility in the medical profession that they all shall return tomorrow to their patients and give them service of life
Past deans of the institutions
- Dr. Jivraj N Mehta
- Dr JP Padshah
- Dr. RP Koppikar
- Dr. RG Dhayagude
- Dr. SG Vengsarker
- Dr. dd Joglekar
- Dr. dd Rindani
- Dr. dd Deshpande
- Dr. GB Parulkar
- Dr. PM Pai
- Dr. RG Shirhatti
- Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar
- Dr. M Yeolekar
Important milestones
1888- Bombay Police Charges Act passed, making it mandatory for municipal corporation to provide medical relief
1909
- Municipal corporation asked by committee to put up proposal for hospital
1910
- Governor of Bombay appealed for donation in memory of King Edward VII
1911
- Memorial Committee decides location of hospital in northern part of the erstwhile island
1915
- Dr Jivraj N Mehta invited by Bombay Medical Union for committee meeting of the proposed hospital
1916
- CR 8246 Passed Proposal for college
- Endowment by Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas
1924
- CR 6575 passed Only Indians to be employed in KEM hospital
1925
- Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College started
- It being the 12th medical college in India
1926
- Seth GS Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital inaugurated
- KEM VII M Hospital actually started
- College affiliated to University of Bombay
- Training center for nurses
- Staff Honorary
- 46 students
- 28 RMOs
- 100 Beds In hospital
- Gymkhana of college had 8 departments
1927
- Poor Box Charity Fund started
- Nurses Training recognized
- Post Graduation Commenced in Ophthalmology and Pathology with diploma and Degree Respectively
- 260 beds in hospital
- Maternity cases shifted to Wadia
1928
- Hospital pharmacopoeia published
- MD, MS recognized
- First blood transfusion at KEMH
1929
- Annual Sports Day started
- Clinical term for pediatrics in Wadia Children’s Hospital
- BSc affiliated to university of Bombay
1931
- Staff Society started as Bahadurji society
1932
- Circle duty system for nurses started
1934
- 80 students admitted
- Pathology Museum christened Seth Jamnadas Lallubhai
1935
- Social Welfare Center started
- First college magazine released
- Biochemistry and Biophysics incorporated
1936
- Co-operative credit society started
- Formal Instructions for MD Course started
1937
- RMOs Mess started
1938
- 370 beds in hospital
- Accommodation for 28 students in ladies hostel
1939
- 66 PG students
- 426 beds in hospital
1940
- Tata Hospital started
- Skin ward started
1941
- Blood Bank started
1943
- Ward 17, 18 started
1944
- 456 beds in hospital
1945
- Radiology Dept at no 10
1946
- Sion Hospital started with 50 beds under KEMH
1947
- Formal Inauguration of Sion hospital with 100 beds
- Past Gosumecs society started
- Psychiatry OPD started
- DA Bombay University started at KEM
1948
- Gymkhana Seth GSMC had cultural dept as 10th unit
1949
- Old RMO Quarters started in place of the then Nurses’ Home
- D.M.R.E. started
- Seth GSMC Gymkhana canteen started
1950
- Gift Shop Started
- Dr NA Purandare stadium constructed on college play ground
- Psychiatry in-patient
1952
- Research Society started from Silver Jubilee Fund
1953
- RBI ward started
- EEG Machine obtained in psychiatry department
- 1st Intracardiac operation in India performed at KEM Hospital
- Neurology ward started
1955
- Journal of Postgraduate MedicineJournal of Postgraduate MedicineThe Journal of Postgraduate Medicine is a multidisciplinary quarterly biomedical journal and is one of the oldest medical journals from India. The journal is the official publication of the Staff Society of Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India...
started
1956
- Full Time departments started
- First radioisotope unit in city at KEM Hospital
- Obstetric ward created
- 76 RMOs
1957
- Blood group research center started
- First municipal employees (Labour) strike
1958
- WD 15A gynaec extension ward started
- Convalescent home occupied
- Non residential system for nurses
- Padma Bhushan to Dr RJ Vakil
- separate department of Pediatrics was established in 1958 with two Paediatric Units and a total strength of 48 in patient beds
1959
- Ceremonial opening of convalescent home
- Family Care clinic started by preventive and social medicine department
- Occupational Therapy entrance post inter from post degree
1960
- Mycology Lab started
- Midwifery Training started
- Pyrogen testing unit started in pharmacy department above blood bank
- Psychiatry ward extended
- MD (Pediatrics) started
- First endoscopy unit established
1961
- Biochemistry Department started functioning independently
- Plastic Surgery Department used part of neurosurgery operation theatre
- Home Nursing Classes started for general public
- The first biplane cardiac angiography unit in the country
- The first cardiac and peripheral angiography performed in India
1962
- Ward 19 started
- Auxiliary nurse midwife training started
- Convalescent home converted into orthopedic center
- 1st Dialysis unit in Mumbai
- 1st open heart VSD correction using extracorporeal circulation
1963
- Child guidance clinic started
- Medical Records Department established
1964
- Under five clinics started
- Mobile Health Care started by the department of preventive and social medicine following an epidemic of gastroenteritis
- Bombay Municipal Blood Center made a separate unit
- Cardio Vascular Thoracic center fifth floor given to nurses
- 3 units in Orthopaedic Department
- Orthopedic radiology in OC
1965
- First renal transplantation in India at KEM Hospital
- MD Psychiatry & DPM started
1966
- Cardiovascular Thoracic Center started
- School Health clinic started
- First ICCU in India
- D.M.R.D., D.M.R.T. and M.D. Radiology started
- Image intensifier with TV monitor installed in radiology
1967
- PFT started
- 3rd Pediatric unit started
- Chest ward started
- BSc OT & PT started
- Kiil dialyser arrived
1968
- Pediatric surgery ward started in obstetrics -gynecology building
- Neonates totally under care of the pediatric department
- First Liver Transplantation in India at KEM Hospital
- M.D. Anaesthesia started
- World’s 5th and 6th heart transplants
1969
- Staff Society took over journal
- Padmabhushan to Dr. PK Sen
1970
- Post Partum program started
- Well Baby Clinic started
- CVTS Radiology shifted to CVTC
- Neonatal Care Unit started
1971
- Endocrine unit started
- NSS started
1972
- Arthritis clinic started
- Modern blood gas equipment operational
- MCh Pediatric surgery started
1973
- Hiking department added to Gymkhana
1974
- CR Elections started
1975
- Cancer investigation and immunology laboratory started
1976
- Micro ear surgery workshops started
1977
- OT/PT 31/2 year course
- ‘High risk new born’ OPD started
1978
- Malvani (Field practice area for PSM) started
- MCh Urology commenced
1979
- Pediatric Research Laboratory started
- USG in radiology started
- Plastic surgery obtained operating microscope
1980
- World Congress of pediatric surgery held at KEM Hospital
- Electric cautery installed in Skin department
- Burn’s unit started
- 1982
- Pediatric surgery theatre and intensive care unit started
- All India Annual ISA conference
1983
- DM Endocrinology started
1984
- KEM Hospital became the first teaching institute to start emergency clinical microbiology laboratory services
- Dr. MD Motashaw Renal Transplant and Research Unit started
- Tissue processor and Cryo started in Skin Department
1985
- Library started photocopying facility
1986
- AIDS Surveillance Center initiated
1987
- D.M. Nephrology started
- First test tube baby in India
- Library started audiovisual facility
- First Gastroenterology Oration in city started at KEM Hospital
- First national workshop on endoscopic sclerotherapy held
- Geropsychaitric consultation started
- Special binocular microscope came in Skin
1988
- National Plasma Fractionation Center started
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance center started
1989
- Library added computer facility
- Hormone Assay laboratory started
1990
- Gastroenterology department given 25 beds in multistoreyed building
- Level II neonatal care unit started
- RMO quarter in multistoreyed building
- Residency system started
1991
- Central Clinical Biochemical laboratory established
- Shidori started
- Urology department shifted to multistoryed building
1992
- International workshop on laparoscopic cholecystectomy held
- Esophageal laboratory with manometry facilities started in gastroenterology department
- Level III pediatric intensive care unit started
- Level III neonatal intensive care unit started
1993
- Janus started
- CT Scan obtained
- Medical Intensive Care Unit upgraded to
- Medical -Neurology- Neurosurgery ICU
- DCH started
- Library added MEDLINE facility
- MET Cell started
- PSM started general OPD
1994
- DM Neonatology started
- Yoga classes started
1995
Website inaugurated www.kem.edu
- Spine OT complex started
- pH studies in esophagus started
1996
- Immunoperoxidase techniques used in Skin
1997
- Cadaver kidney transplant performed
- E-Mail and Internet facility started in the library
- Dr. B.C. Roy Award to Dr. G.B. Parulekar (most eminent medical man of the year)
- Female deaddiction ward started
1998
- BOTh BPTh 41/2 year course under MUHS
- Padmabhushan to Dr GB Parulkar
- M.D Forensic Medicine started
1999
- D.M. Hematology course approved at KEMH
- Laminar airflow started in Mycology laboratory
2000
- A specialised Emergency Medical Service was started
- Humane approach to neonatal care started
- Dhanvantari award to Dr. I.N. Hinduja
- New department of Surgical Gastroenterology established
2001
- Intranet and Internet Facility inaugurated
2002
- Platinum Jubilee year
- GOSUMEC Foundation (Alumni Association) started in USA
- Old Pediatric intensive care unit is renovated into State of the art Pediatric intensive care unit with capacity to cater up to 10 beds with most advanced intensive care.http://www.kem.edu/dept/pediatrics/picu.htm
- Multislice Spiral CT scanner installed
2003
- Biplane angigraphy system installed
2004
- Flat panel cardiac cath lab inaugurated
- MRI installed
2005
- New Ultrasonography section started
2006
- President Mr Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh visit bomb blast victims
- DNB degree in Surgical Gastroenterology introduced
- Gosumeet 2006 – 80 years anniversary celebrated
2007
- A tastefully renovated, OPD block inaugurated on the first floor of the main building - the forerunner of the complete make-over of GSMC and KEMH over the next 5–10 years.
- Ambitious renovation of the college building started. The offices, lecture halls and museums (amongst others) will be totally renovated with restoration of the stately stone building to the glory that it deserves.
Undergraduate courses
- M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 180 students)
- B.Sc.Bachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Occupational Therapy - B.Sc.Bachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Physiotherapy
Post-graduate courses
- M.D.Doctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
/M.S.Master of SurgeryThe Master of Surgery is an advanced qualification in surgery. It is most commonly abbreviated Ch.M. or M.S., as well as M.Ch. and M.Chir. from its Latin name, Magister Chirurgiae or the English form of Master of Surgery.... - M.Sc.Master of ScienceA Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
Undergraduate courses
All admissions to the graduate courses in medicine and allied specialties in Maharashtra are administered centrally by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER). The Common Entrance test is called MHT CET. 15% of total seats are reserved for All India quota to be filled through All India Premedical entrance test conducted by the CBSE.Post-graduate courses
For students who have completed their MBBS from any medical college in Maharashtra state admission to post graduate course is through state level postgraduate medical entrance test. While for student from other parts of India who have passed MBBS from any college recognized by the Medical Council of India admission is through All India postgraduate medical courses entrance test conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Information from Official website of KEM Hospital.Achievements
- The first Indian Medical College of modern medicine to be fully staffed by qualified Indian doctors.
- The first Occupational Therapy School in Asia
- The first Physiotherapy School in Southeast Asia
- The first Plasma Fractionation Unit in Asia
- The first Indian hospital to have an Ayurveda Research Centre in conjunction with an allopathic set-up
- The first Indian Medical College and Hospital having an indexed medical journal (Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
- The only Department of Sexology for a billion people
- The first clinical pharmacology ward in the country
- The first dedicated Orthopaedic department in the country
- The first department of Cardio-thoracic Pathology in India
- The first Nutrition Research Unit attached with a physiology department in India
- The first department of cardiovascular and thoracic anaesthesia in India
- First specialized epilepsy surgery department in Western India
- First department of interventional electrophysiology in western India
- First dedicated Esophageal Laboratory in the country
- First Intensive Cardiac Care Unit in India
- The first Indian hospital to perform a live donor kidney transplant in India
- The first liver transplant in India (1968)
- The first documented test-tube baby in India
- The first Indian hospital to acquire an ECG machine
- The first mitral commisurotomy in India (1952)
- The first Indian hospital to perform craniofacial surgery
- Pioneering work on the use of diethylcarbamazine in tropical eosinophilia
- Pioneering work on the use of Rauwolffia serpentina in hypertension
- First balloon atrial septostomy procedure in the country
- First balloon dilatation of cor-triatriatum in the world
- First fetal echocardiography-guided interventional therapy in the country
- First transcatheter closure of ASD in Western India
- The first cadaveric temporal bone and micro ear surgery workshops (1976)
- The first Department of Preventive and Social Medicine to start a Mobile Health Unit in India (1964)
- Highest annual processing of blood samples in India (about 36,000/year in 1998, 1999)
- Highest annual collection of blood unit in India (about 30,000/year in 1998, 1999)
- Highest number of blood donation camps held by a single blood bank in India
- Single largest collection in India with a single Blood Bank in a day: 5679 units of blood
- Pioneering work on in-vitro testing of Indian hepatoprotective agents
- First intravenous anesthesia with Thipentone sodium (1940s)
- First hypothermia technique for ASD (1953)
- First All India Conference of Indian Society of Anesthetists (1949)
- First total spinal technique for controlled hypotension (1954)
- Largest numbers of presidents of Indian Society of Anesthetists from a single Institution (five)
- First cardiac catheterisation in India 1959-60
- Pioneering work on recreation of reptilian heart vascular pattern in mammalian heart (1965)
- Pioneering work on the association of tuberculosis with non-specific aortoarteritis (1963)
- First interventional radiological procedures in India 1975
- Discovery of Bombay Blood group
- Pioneering work on release and grafting of trismus in submucus fibrosis
Source and acknowledgement
On the wings of time .... A saga of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital 1926-2001: The Platinum Jubilee Souvenir of the InstitutionsSee also
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