Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital

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. In 2019 College Intake has increased from 100 to 125. It is the 4th Government Medical College opened in Odisha. It was inaugurated by Hon CM Shri Naveen Patnaik on 4 September 2017. It is the first medical college established in KBK Area.

Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College & Hospital
TypePublic
Established2017
DeanProf.Dr.Krushna Chandra Biswal
Undergraduates125 per year[1]
Location
Koraput
,
Odisha
,
India
CampusUrban
NicknameSLNMCH
AffiliationsMedical Council of India
Websitewww.slnmch.nic.in
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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. "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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