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Bir
Hospital
is
the
oldest
hospital
of
Nepal.
This
hospital
was
established
in
1947
BS,
under
the
name
of
contemporary
Prime
Minister
Bir
Shamsher
Jung
Bahadur
Rana.
Initially
it
was
a
seven
bed
hospital
with
5
staffs.
Today
it
has
a
proud
history
of
125
years
and
the
first
hospital
of
Nepal
wherethe
practice
of
modern
medicinecommenced.Till
eighties
services
including
gynaecology,
paediatrics
and
psychiatry
were
available
in
this
very
hospital.
With
the
evolvement
of
super
specialtyand
increasing
workload
in
the
limited
premises
these
services
were
shifted
to
Indra
Rajya
Laxmi
Devi
Shah
Maternity
hospital
Thapathali,
Kanti
Bal
hospital
Maharajgunja
and
Patan
mental
hospital
Lalitpur
respectively.
This
is
a
historical
hospital
as
every
modern
medical
service
in
the
country
has
roots
in
this
hospital.
This
is
the
first
hospital
where
neurosurgery
was
started
in
the
times
whenCTscan
was
not
around.
In
the
field
of
modern
cardiology
Nepalโs
first
case
of
angiography,
cathlab
and
valve
replacement
were
all
done
at
Bir
Hospital.
Every
senior
doctor
who
was
a
pioneer
in
the
field
of
modern
medicine
in
Nepal
like
Dr.
Mrigendra
Raj
Pandey,
Dr.
Anjani
Kumar
Sharma,
Dr.
Dinesh
Nath
Gongal,
Dr.
Shabitri
Gurung,
Dr.
Dibyashree
Malla,
Dr
Sudip
Kumar
Bhattacharya,
Dr.
Mohin
Shah,
Dr.
Puskar
Satyal,
Dr.
Ishor
Lal
Acharya,
Dr.
Dhrub
Lal
Singh,
Dr.
Dambar
Bahadur
Karki,
Dr.
Sachche
Kumar
Pahadi,
Dr.
Dharma
Sharan
Manadhar,
Dr.
Ram
Prasad
Pokharel,
Dr.
Yanta
Mani
Pradhan,
Dr
Ram
Bhadra
Adiga,
Dr.
LN
Prasad,
Dr.
JP
Rijal,
Dr.
Jwala
Raj
Pandey,
Dr.
Basant
Lal
Shrestha,
Dr.
Gopal
Achary,
Dr.
Hemanga
Dixit,
Dr.
Shankar
Bahadur
Shrestha,
Dr.
NB
Amatya,
Dr.
Laxman
Paudel
hadstarted
their
careers
in
this
hospital.
These
pioneers
are
the
heroes
and
the
legends
of
modern
medicine
in
Nepal.
Bir
hospital
is
the
central
hospital
where
services
were
provided
the
royal
family
members
in
past.
Similarly
Bir
hospital
provided
medical
education
to
different
levels
of
health
personnel
as
per
the
needs
of
country.
Starting
with
simple
wound
dressing
and
compounder
trainingmiddle
level
health
personneltraining
for
health
assistants
was
started
in
2014
BS,
in
the
name
of
Civil
Medical
School.This
training
was
continued
till
2018
BS.
Similarly,
nursing
education
started
in
2013
BS
and
Mrs
Rup
Kumari
Gurung
was
the
chief
of
nursing
school.
This
hospital
was
used
for
the
clinical
practice
by
Institute
of
Medicine,
Tribhuwan
University,
for
their
courses
of
Auxiliary
Health
Worker,
Health
Assistant
and
graduate
medical
education.
In
2035/36
BS
this
institute
was
accredited
by
Royal
college
of
Edinburgh
as
centre
for
training
for
fellowship
in
surgery
and
membership
in
Medicine.
This
was
an
era
of
commencement
of
postgraduate
education
in
Nepal.
From
2035
BS
to
2050
BS
no
government
scholarship
was
provided
for
postgraduate
education
in
Nepal.
There
was
a
big
gap
between
undergraduate
and
postgraduate
doctors.
It
was
realized
that
the
post
graduatemedical
education
should
exist
in
Nepal
only.
This
led
to
the
formation
of
postgraduate
medical
education
coordination
committee
(PGMECC)
in
2051/52BS
by
the
valley
group
of
hospitals.
In
2059/60
BS
concept
of
National
Academy
of
Medical
Sciences
(NAMS)
was
born.
National
Academy
of
Medical
Sciences
was
establishedin
2060
BS
(2002
AD)
and
started
course
of
MD
and
MS.
Bir
hospital
is
an
embodied
hospital
of
NAMS.
NAMS
has
taken
Maternity
Hospital
Thapathali,
Kanti
Children
Hospital
Maharajgunj,
Nepal
Army
hospital,
Patan
Hospital
and
Nepal
eye
hospital
as
affiliated
hospitals
for
the
program.
Under
the
memorandum
understanding
with
these
hospitals
programs
are
running.
Currently,
this
institute
is
enrolling
around
100
MD,
MS
and
MDS
residents
each
year.
Similarly
superspecialty
fellowship
course
on
neurosurgery,
Fellow
of
national
academy
of
medical
sciences
(FNAMS),
was
started
in
2061
BS
(2004
AD).
In
addition,
Doctorate
of
Medicine
and
Master
of
Chirurgery
(DM,
M.Ch)
started
in
2067
BS
(2010
AD).
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