Lady Hardinge Medical College

Coordinates: 28°38′6.3060″N 77°12′44.9712″E / 28.635085000°N 77.212492000°E / 28.635085000; 77.212492000

Lady Hardinge Medical College
Motto Latin: "Per Ardua Ad Astra"
Motto in English
 "Through Adversity to Stars"
Established 1916
President Dr. Asha Gandhi[1]
Location Connaught Place, New Delhi, India
Campus Urban
Nickname LHMC
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website hardinge.org

Lady Hardinge Medical College is a Medical College for women located in New Delhi. Established in 1916, it became part of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi in 1950. It is among the top medical institutions in India. The college is funded by the Government of India.[2][3]

History

When the National Capital of India was shifted to Delhi, Lady Hardinge (1868-1914), the wife of the then Viceroy of India, Charles Hardinge, was the first to take initiative for starting a medical college for women, as the lack of separate medical college for women made it impossible for Indian women to study medicine. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Hardinge, on 17 March 1914, and to commemorate the visit of Queen Mary in 1911-12, it was decided to name the college as 'Queen Mary College & Hospital'. Lady Hardinge was actively involved in collecting funds from the institution of princely states and public. Unfortunately, She died on July 11, 1914.[4]
The college was eventually inaugurated on 7 February 1916 by Viceroy of India - Charles Hardinge, in the area so called as Imperial Delhi Enclave'. On the suggestion of Queen Mary, the college and the hospital was named after Lady Hardinge , called Lady Hardinge Hospital, to perpetuate the memory of its founder. The college started under the able leadership of Dr. Kate Platt, who was the first principal of the college. The number of annual admission was confined only to 16. The college was then affiliated to Punjab University. The students had to go to take up their examination on successful completion of their curriculum to King Edward Medical College, Lahore. The college became affiliated to the University of Delhi in 1950 and post-graduate courses were started in 1954.[4]
Dr. Ruth Young CBE, who as Ruth Wilson was the first Professor of Surgery at the College, served as Principal from 1936 until 1940.[5] The Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, one of the two hospitals attached to the Lady Hardinge Medical College, was built in 1956.[6]

Present form

The College has come a long way, retaining its unique character, still marching ahead with the times and is upgrading itself dynamically in all its fields of activities.[7] It is ranked among the top medical colleges in India. Being a women's college, it only enrolls female candidates. Initially, the college registered 14-16 medical students every year from all over the country. Since 2011 the admission capacity to the MBBS course has been raised to 200 seats. The college has two hospitals- Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, and Kalawati Saran Child Hospital with bed strength of 877 and 350 respectively, for teaching & training of students.[8] The college and hospital also provides tertiary level medical facilities to Delhites. Since 1991, hospital is also providing services to male patients as well.[9] The department of Microbiology of Lady Hardinge Medical College is internationally acclaimed for its salmonella phage typing, and it is a WHO collaborating centre for reference and training in streptococcal diseases for South East Asia.[10] It is also a surveillance center for AIDS. The first ART center for children in the country, was also started in LHMC in 2007.

Campus

LHMC has a spacious campus with all the modern infrastructure. The campus also has a hostel, library, auditorium and laboratories. It also includes a ground for sports and extra co-curricular activities.[11]

Library

Among the other buildings in the complex is the new central library building which is a part and parcel of the auditorium building. It has the dubious distinction of one of the oldest medical libraries in India and has also a good collection of number of old journals in the biomedical sciences. The library has a collection of 50,000 volumes of Books, Journals etc.[12]

Departments

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Alumni

An alumnus of LHMC is called Hardonian. Over the years, the Hardonians have risen to key positions & outshone in their respective fields and attained positions of respect . They have made history and infused fresh ideas and innovations in all spheres of life.[13]

Notable Alumni

Administration

Initially, the college was an autonomous institution managed by a Governing Body. In the year 1953, the Board of Administration constituted by the Central Government took formal charge of the management of the institution. In February 1978, the management was taken over by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India under an Act of Parliament.[7] One of the director professor is chosen as the president of the college, which is also the senior most post in the college. President is the head of college.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.hardinge.org/management.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=400
  3. ↑ http://www.mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=86
  4. 1 2 http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/chunk-ht-ui-newdelhi100years-topstories/A-fine-balance-of-luxury-and-care/Article1-723880.aspx
  5. ↑ http://134.36.1.31/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=54&dsqSearch=(Level='Fonds')
  6. ↑ http://www.jivdayafound.org/kalawati-saran/
  7. 1 2 http://fmsc.ac.in/lady.htm
  8. 1 2 http://collegedunia.com/college/10660-lady-hardinge-medical-college-lhmc-new-delhi
  9. ↑ http://www.goicharters.nic.in/skhosp.htm
  10. ↑ https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/bitstream/10665/163713/1/sea-ncd-25.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.minglebox.com/college/Lady-Hardinge-Medical-College-Delhi
  12. ↑ http://www.hardinge.org/histroy.asp
  13. 1 2 http://lhmcaana.org/About-Us/The-Hardonians
  14. 1 2 http://www.studyhealthscience.com/ud/Lady-Hardinge-Medical-College/861/show.html
  15. ↑ "Dr. Malvika Sabharwal on Practo". Practo. 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

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