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Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
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- Cardiology
- Microbiology
- Pathology Lab
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- Pathology
- Physiotherapy
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- Medicine Facility
Description
The Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute VPCI is a unique postgraduate medical institution devoted to the study of chest diseases It is a University of Delhi maintained institution and is funded entirely by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India The institute is ideally located in the heart of the main campus of the University of Delhi providing the requisite academic environment The Institute fulfills the national need for providing relief to large number of patients in the community suffering from chest diseases It has eminently discharged its role and has earned a unique place in the field of Chest Medicine
The main objectives of VPCI have been to conduct research on basic and clinical aspects of chest medicine to train post graduates in Pulmonary Medicine and allied subjects to develop new diagnostic technology and disseminate scientific knowledge related to Chest Medicine to other institutions in the country and to provide specialized clinical and investigative services to patients
History
The need for a teaching and research Institute in chest diseases was spelt out in the Bhore Committee Report Ministry of Health by highlighting an acute paucity of trained personnel in the specialty of chest diseases in the country The Directorate of Ministry of Health Government of India therefore approached Sir Maurice Gwyer the then ViceChancellor University of Delhi to start a course in chest diseases at the earliest In 1946 the Committee constituted by the ViceChancellor for this purpose recommended the establishment of a Chest Institute A proposal to this effect was accordingly formulated by the ViceChancellor and submitted to the Government Utilizing the teaching and training facilities of the Lady Hardinge Medical College Irwin and Silver Jubilee Hospitals in Delhi a diploma course in chest diseases was started in 1947 with Dr R Viswanathan the then Deputy Director General Health Services Government of India as the Honorary Director of the course Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the then Deputy Prime Minister of India laid the foundation stone of the Institute on 6th April 1949 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur the then Union Minister of Health formally opened the Institute on 12th January 1953 and Dr R Viswanathan was appointed as the first Director VPCI The hospital wing Viswanathan Chest Hospital formerly known as Clinical Research Centre CRC was started around 1956 It was inaugurated by the then President of India Dr Rajendra Prasad on 24th October 1957
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