M.Ch - Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery

Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College was founded in 1963 with capacity of 75 annual admissions, later increased to 100 from 1964.Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation was only the second Municipal Corporation – next to Mumbai – to establish a medical college of its own. Know More College History

Head, Department of Pediatrics and Chief, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh. This is a 300 bedded facility providing highly specialized care to children. Apart from MD Pediatrics, we run 9 postdoctoral DM Programmes and 4 Fellowships in various super specialties of Pediatrics - the largest number of academic programmes in any department in India. Of these, 4 DM Programmes and the 4 Fellowships were initiated after I took over Chair of the department in October 2016.

DEAN – Prof. Dr. S. P. Rao

Dr S P Rao, Professor in Preventive & Social Medicine is in possession of post graduate degrees in Community Medicine and Hospital Administration.. He is qualified in Epidemiology, Computer technology and Infectious diseases. Due to his penchant for field epidemiology work, he travelled Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. He has been consulting epidemiologist for WHO centre for Social Science and DANIDA projects in MP.

Introduction

We all know that good health and good sense are life's greatest blessings. Good health plays a crucial role in the life of a human being. An unhealthy person won’t do anything fruitful in his life. Preservation of health is indispensable. It is confined to natural’s laws involving body, mind and environment. These laws relate to fresh air, sunlight, healthy diet, regular exercise, yoga, meditation, relaxation, enough sleep and cleanliness. There are many factors that affect a person’s health that can be physical, biological, psychological, and social stress.

The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Thiruvananthapuram Medical College) is in Thiruvananthapuram (the capital of Kerala), India. Founded in 1951, it was dedicated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and is Kerala's oldest medical college. The college was known in early records as Medical College (of Thiruvananthapuram), since it was the only medical institute in the state at its inception.

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. 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 non-European patients from 2nd April 1770.