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 2007. It is the 4th Government Medical College opened in Odisha. It was inaugurated by Hon CM Shri Naveen Patnaik on 4 September 2007. It is the first medical college established in KBK Area.

Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College & Hospital
Other name
SLN Medical College and Hospital
TypePublic
Established2007
DeanProf.Dr.Krushna Chandra Biswal
Location
Koraput
,
Odisha
,
India

18.807352°N 82.704050°E / 18.807352; 82.704050
CampusUrban
NicknameSLNMCH
AffiliationsMedical Council of India
Websitewww.slnmch.nic.in
SLN Medical College front

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.[1] In 2007 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.[2]

References
  1. "S.L.N Medical College & Hospital". www.slnmch.nic.in. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College inaugurated in Koraput by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik". www.merinews.com. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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