SMS Hospital

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One hospital and one dispensary were started in 1845 Subsequently such facilities were recommended for other parts of the state as well However due to lack of trained doctors the initiative with limited success In 1855 a maternity hospital and one dispensary and a medical school were opened in Jaipur inaugurated on 7th September 1861 and in the first batch 24 students were admitted Dr Kingford burr was appointed as director of this college and he used to teach material medical practical therapeutics surgery and practice of medicine Later DrNajeeb Khan and Dr Hussain Baksh were appointed as demonstrator in anatomy and assistant surgeon Parvati Charan Gosh was appointed as lecturer to teach principles and practice of medicine Physiology and materia medica

Three year later 186164 over differences certain unfortunate developments led to closure of the medical school which was still in its infancy In 1945 late Sir Mirza Ismail prime minister of Jaipur state during his visit to Sikar was invited for tea by Late Rao Raja Kalian Singh of Sikar at his guest house Incidentally the chief medical officer Dr S C Mehta was also one of the invitees During discussions Dr Mehta pointed out that doctors coming from other states leave the services as soon as they get suitable jobs in their parent states and hence there was always a shortage of doctors The solution which he recommended was establishing a medical college in our own state Sir Mirza then started working on this project On March 13th 1946 Lord Wavell laid the foundationstone of SMS college in a very impressive function presided over by HHSawai Man Singh the Maharaja of Jaipur

The year 1947 marked the beginning of a new era in medical education in Rajasthan with the inception of the 15th centre for medical education in India the prestigious Sawai Man Singh Medical College Initially the college started work in the south wing of SMS Hospital and in the building of the Jaipur Medical Association Dr GNSen was its first principal He had a short tenure and was succeeded by Dr SCMehta famous for his great zeal drive and sense of discipline His acumen in choosing his staff reflected in selection of Dr HCChoudhary first professor of Physiology and DrBMLall first professor of anatomy both of whom were loved and admired by their students Professor Ram Behari Arora and professor RKGoel were the fortunate ones to head the department of pharmacology and pathology respectively In 1951 Dr SKMenon took over as principal of the college In 1952 the college was recognized by the Medical Council of India and the foundation of a new OPD block was laid in the succeeding year 1952 also marked the beginning of PG Courses and the first batch of MD and MS students qualified in 1955