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British
East
India
Company
established
the
Indian
Medical
Service
(IMS)
in
the
year
1764
to
look
after
Europeans
in
British
India.
On
9
May,
1822
the
British
Government
laid
down
a
plan
to
fill
the
position
of
native
doctors
in
the
civil
and
military
establishments
of
the
Presidency
of
Bengal.
For
the
said
purpose
and
imparting
the
medical
teaching
in
local
language
,
on
21st
June,
1822
they
founded
âThe
Native
Medical
Institution
â.
In
1833
William
Bentinck
committee
recommended
a
requirement
of
a
medical
college
'for
the
education
of
the
natives'.
Consequently
a
new
medical
college
,
known
as
the Medical
College
Kolkata was
established
on
28th
January,
1835.
Its
purpose
was
to
train
native
youths
irrespective
of
caste
and
creed.
The
admission
of
the
students
were
started
on
20
February
1835.
Out
of
about
one
hundred
applicants,
only
twenty
students
were
selected
through
a
preliminary
examination.
Students
had
to
sit
for
final
examination
on
completion
of
the
course
and
âPresident
of
the
Committee
of
education
certificatesâ
were
being
awarded
to
the
successful
candidates
for
practicing
surgery
and
medicine.
They
were
eligible
to
apply
for
public
service
as
âNative
Doctorsâ.The
year
1836
was
a
landmark
in
the
history
of
indian
medical
teaching
when
the
first
dissection
of
a
human
corpse
was
conducted
by
Madhusudan
Gupta,
student
of
the
first
batch.
On
the
10th
January
and
this
day
now
is
observed
as
Medical
Education
Day
in
West
Bengal.
Other
renowned
students
of
the
first
batch
were
Umacharan
Seth,
Rajkrishna
De,
Dwarakanath
Gupta
and
Nabin
Chandra
Mitra.
First
batch
of
students
passed
the
final
examination
held
on
30
October
1838.
They
were
then
eligible
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery.
Eminent
persons
of
Calcutta
during
that
period
including
Ram
Kamal
Sen,Dwarkanath
Tagore,
supported
medical
education
by
providing
scholarships
and
prizes
for
academically
brilliant
students.
With
the
financial
help
of
Dwarakanath
Tagore,
four
brilliant
students
of
the
college
were
sent
to
England.
Among
them
Gopal
Chandra
Seal,
DwarakaNath
Bose,
BholaNath
Bose,
cleared
the
MRCS
(Member
of
the
Royal
College
of
Surgeons)
examination
in
1846
and
returned
to
India
to
join
the
Medical
Service.
The
other
one
remained
there,
obtained
the
MD
degree
of
the
University
College
of
London
and
became
the
first
Indian
to
pass
the
examination
for
the
Indian
Medical
Service.
The
college
produced
many
eminent
alumni
namely
Sir
Nilratan
Sarkar,
U
N
Brambhachari,
Bidhan
Chandra
Roy,
Balai
Chand
Mukhopadhyay,
Ram
Baran
Jadab
etc.
in
due
course
of
time.
29
June
1883
was
another
landmark
day
in
the
history
of
Medical
College.
On
that
day
Kadambini
Ganguly,
a
Bengali
Brahmo
became
the
first
woman
admitted
in
this
institution.
In
1884
Government
offered
scholarships
of
Rs
20
per
month
to
all
female
students.
Virginia
Mary
Mitter
and
BidhuMukhi
Bose
were
awarded
these
scholarships.
In
May
1835,
MotiLal
Seal
donated
a
piece
of
land
in
which
the
buildings
of
the
college
were
built.
The
oldest
building
of
the
Medical
College
is
Medical
College
and
Hospital
Building(also
known
as
the
MCH
Building).Later
on
different
hospital
buildings
were
also
established
in
the
college
campus
namely
Eden
Hospital
(1881â82),
Ezra
Hospital
(1887),
Shayma
CharanLaha
Eye
Hospital
(1891),
Prince
of
Wales
Surgical
Block
in
1911,
Sir
John
Anderson
casualty
block,
David
Hare
block
etc.
Mission
and
Vision
statement
:
To
be
distinguished
as
a
leader
among
medical
institutions
by
providing
exemplary
medical
education,
higher
training,
safe
patient
care,
quality
research,
innovations
through
community
collaboration
and
commitment
to
serve
the
underserved.
Objectives
of
the
Institute
:To
develop
a
high
standard
of
medical
education
i.e.
patterns
of
teaching
in
undergraduate,
postgraduate
and
super
specialized
medical
education.
To
deliver
excellent
patient
and
family
focused
care
in
state-of-the
art
hospital
facility.
To
bring
out
advance
knowledge
through
high
end
research
activities.To
improve
the
health
of
the
medically
underserved
community
in
rural
as
well
as
urban
areas.
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