Shree Guru Govindshih Hospital Sanchalit, Government Naursing College

About College

Initially Irwin hospital had Dr. Dadabhai and Dr. Kalyaniwala Khandbahadur as head of hospital. 1st Surgeon General Dr. Ruks Thomas (FRCS) was appointed in later half of 1927. Thereafter Dr. Pranjivan Manekchand Mehta was his successor. Later in his life Dr. P. M. Mehta had great inclination towards Ayurveda – he learnt Ayurveda and got a Master Degree also. With immense financial help from Jam Saheb and Maharani Gulabkuwarba, he established the present historical building "Dhanvantri Mandir" and a Gujarat Ayurved Unieversity – the 1st and only of its kind in the whole world came into existance. He also created a history by translating Charaksanhita into English, Gujarati & Hindi. In 1954 M. P. Shah Medical College came into existence and Irwin hospital was affiliated with this college and Dr. P. C. Rakshit took over from Dr. P. M. Mehta in 1955 as Dean and Medical Superintendent both. Irwin Hospital which was started with 56 beds in 1927 had 170 beds in 1955 when Medical College was started. Thereafter phase wise all the department were upgraded and the bed strength has increased up to 1275(in year 2005). There are 50 indoor wards and 10 operation theaters. All OT's are centrally air-conditioned. Irwin Hospital is 2nd largest hospital in Gujarat State. 1st being Civil Hospital Ahmedabad having 1500 bed capacity.

Contact Details

Pandit Nehru Marg,
Medical Campus,
Jamnagr,
,
Jamnagar,
Gujrat

dean.health.jamnagar@gmail.com

288-2553515,