Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital

Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College & Hospital
Type Public
Established 2017
Dean Bijayeeni Mohapatra
Undergraduates 100 per year[1]
Location Koraput, Odisha, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations Medical Council of India
Website www.slnmch.nic.in
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Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital , also popularly known as SLN Medical College and Hospital, is a government medical college and hospital located in Koraput, Odisha, India. The hospital has its roots in a dispensary established in 1908. The college was inaugurated in 2017.

History

The hospital has its roots in a dispensary established in Koraput district in 1908. It was upgraded to a hospital in 1937 and moved to its present building in 2004.[2] In 2017 it was renamed after freedom fighter Laxman Nayak and inaugurated as a medical college, the first such college to be inaugurated in Odisha since the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in 1962, and the fourth government run institute in the state.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College inaugurated in Koraput by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik". www.merinews.com. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "S.L.N Medical College & Hospital". www.slnmch.nic.in. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

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