Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education And Research

Description

The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education amp Research IPGMER is located on 34 acre of lush greenery on 244 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road near Race Course ground of Kolkata On its north across the AJC Bose Road is the longest fly over of Kolkata and is the stunning and admiring Victoria Memorial erected by Lord Curzon in the honour of Queen Victoria of England The horse racing ground of Royal Calcutta Turf Club along with a glimpse of the Vidyasagar Setu the steel roped bridge second in AsiaOn the north east is the hub od Kolkatas cultural hearts Nandan Rabindra Sadan Academy of Fine Arts On the north lies the vast green field of Kolkata Maidan the lung of City of Joy The Institute is connected through motorable roads to Kolkata Aerodrome that is 14 km away and to the Key Railway Terminus Howrah and Sealdah those are 6 and 5 kilometers away The open space within the institute complex is covered by lush greenery contributed by the tall trees and green velvet lawns and flower beds On one side of the premises remains the hospital buildings and on the other side are the learning centers for undergraduate and postgraduate learning centers paramedical learning centers and the administrative building

History

Way back in 1707 the first hospital in Calcutta was built in the premises of the Old Fort at Gerstein Place The Council of Fort William constructed this hospital that measured 175 ft in length and 60 ft in width This hospital initially built for the Europeans was then known as Presidency Hospital

The hospital was accommodated in a single storied building Later in 1768 two houses were purchased in Lower Circular Road for converting them into a full fledged hospital Located near the Presidency Jail the hospital came to be known as Presidency General Hospital Doors were opened to the nonEuropean patients from 02nd April 1770 The Presidency General Hospital was best known as PG Hospital till 1954 when it was named in the Independent India as Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital

The naming was done to commemorate the name of the great donor Sukhlal Karnani People started addressing the Hospital as SSKM Hospital
It was then a practice that the Indian medical graduates used to go abroad for studying post graduation and higher medical research Government felt necessary of opening Post Graduate Medical Learning Centers PG Hospital was honoured to be the first Post Graduate Medical Institute in Eastern India in 1957

From 16th January 1957 the hospital came to be known as The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education amp Research IPGMER The institute was inaugurated by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru the then Prime Minister of India on 16th January 1957 Since then the institute is best known as a Medical Learning Center of Excellence and a Specialty Hospital with the following objectives

To foster spirit of research in fundamental and applied problems in medicine and also to train young post graduates in the spirit and methodology of research

To organize postgraduate teaching in different branches of medicine in integrated manner and to groom suitable candidates for postgraduate degrees and diplomas

To encourage the development of different medical specialties in coordinated way and to offer facilities for practical and advanced training as specialized branches

To train medical graduates to become the future teachers and research workers

To arrange refresher courses for medical practitioners and for service personnel

To establish a forum for the continued progress in all branches of medical sciences by coordinating the resources available in various hospitals and institutions in the state of West Bengal and also for providing additional facilities for research in various institutions

Yet another feather added to the hat of the institution when Medical Council of India MCI granted natural extension of the Institutes Courses Curriculum with the introduction of Graduate Medical Education on 1st August 2004

Today the institution is best known for study of undergraduate and post graduate level medical course specialist medical degrees and diplomas para medical courses and is known as the Bethlehem of advanced medical research IPGMER is on its way to have autonomy in medical education and with that the institute will have more action areas in medical research and advancement The institute is celebrating its golden jubilee in this year 2007 The Hospital too has its own glory This year SSKM Hospital is celebrating its tricentenary