Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College and Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital

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Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College
Type Public
Established1970 (Hospital)
2015 (Medical college)
Affiliation Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Location
Vile Parle West, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

19°06′28″N72°50′10″E / 19.107838°N 72.836230°E / 19.107838; 72.836230 (Cooper Hospital) [1]
Website hbtmc.edu.in

The Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College, also known as HBT Medical College, is a public medical college located in Juhu, Mumbai, India. [2] It is owned and operated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The medical college is affiliated to Dr. R.N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital. [3]

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This is one of the Top Five Government Medical Colleges in the city of Mumbai, out of which four (GSMC, LTMMC, TNMC & HBTMC) come under jurisdiction of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, and GMC comes under the jurisdiction of the Government of Maharashtra. Being one of the five government medical colleges in the city of Mumbai, HBTMC requires UG and PG students to have a very high score in NEET UG & NEET PG.

It was started in 1969 as a maternity home before it was converted into a full-fledged general hospital in 1970. [4] The hospital underwent massive reconstruction after the original building was declared unfit for use in 1999. The first building was created that still stands in the compound that held a 5 story hospital with all new equipment and staff. In 2013, the entire area of the hospital (300+ acres) was converted into the new hospital complex with the leverage of advancement in technology and medicine. The new upgrade, at a cost of ₹321 crore, includes more beds, as well as systems for rainwater harvesting and sewage treatment. [2] The new hospital design includes an infection control design to prevent doctors from contracting tuberculosis while on duty. [5]

In 2020, a students' led research wing titled Guidance, Education, Networking, and Empowerment-based Smart Initiative for Students research in health care (GENESIS) [6] was established with the strong support from faculty and alumni. This is considered to be 'one of its kind' in India.

Departments

The hospital/college has the following departments: [7]

  1. Anaesthesiology
  2. Anatomy
  3. Biochemistry
  4. Community Medicine
  5. Dentistry & Maxillofacial surgery
  6. Dermatology & Venereology
  7. Forensic Medicine
  8. General Surgery
  9. Internal Medicine
  10. Microbiology
  11. Neurosurgery
  12. Obstetrics and gynaecology
  13. Ophthalmology
  14. Orthopaedics
  15. Otorhinolaryngology
  16. Paediatrics
  17. Pathology
  18. Pharmacology
  19. Physiology
  20. Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
  21. Psychiatry
  22. Pulmonary Medicine
  23. Radiology

Incidents

There were protests at the hospital after a patient attacked a nurse in April 2020. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cooper Municipal General Hospital". Google maps. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Cooper Hospital gets new Rs321crore building in Mumbai". Mumbai. Daily News and Analysis. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Iyer, Malathy (13 March 2003). "BMC commences Cooper Hospital revival project". The Times of India . Mumbai. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Chapter 2; Dr. RN Cooper MG Hospital" (PDF). Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. p. 1. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Shelar, Jyoti (15 September 2013). "New BMC hospitals to be specially designed to save docs from TB". Mumbai. Mumbai Mirror . Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Nathani, Priyansh; Goyal, Shreya; Junnarkar, Yash; Prajapati, Khushi (June 2024). "GENESIS-Guidance, Education, Networking, and Empowerment-based Smart Initiative for Students research in health care: A research modeling experience from a newly established medical college". Perspectives in Clinical Research. 15 (2): 54. doi: 10.4103/picr.picr_88_23 . ISSN   2229-3485. PMC   11101008 .
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  8. ↑ "Protest after patient attacks nurse at Cooper". Mumbai Mirror. 16 April 2020.
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