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Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

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Calcutta Medical College, officially Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the oldest existing hospital in Asia. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. It is the second oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and the first institute to teach in English language. The hospital associated with the college is the largest hospital in West Bengal. The college offers MBBS degree after five and a half years of medical training.

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Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
College Street, Kolkata Bowbazar (Kolkata)

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N 22.5736 ° E 88.3619 °
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700073 Kolkata, Bowbazar (Kolkata)
West Bengal, India
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