Kolkata

During 1803, at height of its rule in India, the British India Company (East India Company) had a private army of 260000, twice the size of British Army. Plenty of soldiers used to die, mainly from diarrheal diseases, malaria and kala azar. The only available treatment at that time was traditional Indian medicine. It was not possible to treat this vast number of soldiers with very limited European doctors. Necessity of imparting training to the native people in modern medicine was badly felt.

School of Tropical Medicine (STM), is one of the seven such Institutions dedicated to research, care and cure of tropical diseases. STM was founded by Sir Leonard Rogers way back in 1914. The corridors of STM had regular footfall of eminent researchers like Leonard Rogers, Ronald Ross, R Knowels, UN Brahmachari, JB Chatterjee, RN Chopra and many others. The foundation stone of the School of Tropical Medicine was laid by the Governor. Lord Carmichael in the year 1914 on 24th February at the initiative of Sir Leonard Rogers.

The Institute of Child Health (ICH) was set up by Dr K.C. Chaudhuri, the doyen of Indian pediatrics, in Kolkata in 1956. This is a trust run hospital on a no-profit ideal.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister, inaugurated the institute on 16 January 1957. ICH continues to offer medical and surgical services to the ailing, and especially, the under- privileged children of the society.

Dr. B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric sciences, Kolkata is the new name of Dr. B. C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, Kolkata (Estd. 1967) after amalgamation with B. C. Roy Polio Clinic and Hospital for Crippled Children, Kolkata in 28^th September, 2010 with an aim to provide specialized care and treatment facilities as new Medical Institution. The founder Principal of this institute is Prof. (Dr.) Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee.

Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital (JIMSH) is a renowned and leading multi-specialty hospital located at Budge Budge, Buita, Kolkata-700137. Since its establishment in the year 2016, it has been successfully serving people from West Bengal as well as from other states. JIMSH has been committedly working in the medical field to foster patient care with advanced medical approach.

The promulgation of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948(ESI Act), by the Parliament was the first major legislation on social Security for workers in independent India. It was a time when the industry was still in a nascent stage and the country was heavily dependent on an assortment of imported goods from the developed or fast developing countries. The deployment of manpower in manufacturing processes was limited to a few select industries such as jute, textile, chemicals etc.

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