Administrative History
In 1918, a society named Medical Education Society of Bengal was formed for the better management of the institution. Sir Nilratan Sircar became its president in 1922 and remained in the position until 1941. Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari was made the first president of the institution and Dr. Radha Gobinda Kar was its first secretary. In 1927, Dr. Upendranath Banerjee, an ex-student of the college was appointed as the first superintendent of the hospital. The Student's Union was formed in 1932, with Dr. Umapati Mazumder as the first president and Dr. Sudhir Chandra Moitra as the general secretary of the Student's Union. An ex-student, Dr. Hirendra Kumar Chatterjee was appointed the first Vice-Principal of the Institution in 1951. In 1958, the hospital was taken over by the Government of West Bengal.
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