It was started in 1947 with 10 beds initially, which has now grown into multi-speciality hospital with more than 1,400 beds. In the same campus, it is attached to Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (LTMMC) which is a teaching institute for undergraduate and post graduate studies in medical sciences. It is named after Lokmanya Tilak, an eminent Maharashtrian freedom fighter in pre-independence India.
The main strength of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital has been the efficient ‘Trauma Care Centre’ and emergency Medical services center with the state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. It was the first Trauma Service in India, which has been on a constant ‘state of alert’ for disasters.
This hospital is a nodal center amongst the medical services of the Disaster management plan in the civic context.
It has many human milk banks,
The hospital has the first human milk bank in India.
First skin bank in India.
The first emergency coronary stenting service was started here.
On 30 November 1964 Lokmanya Tilak Medical College was established with the first batch of 60 students. At present LTMMC enrolls 200 MBBS students and 190 Post Graduate students per year in various subjects and is preferred choice amongst students.[1]
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