Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College
Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College is a public medical college at Khanpur Kalan in the Gohana in Sonepat district of Haryana in India.It is one of the top medical colleges of the state.
History
In 2008, the plan to establish a medical college under the Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University at Khanpur Kalan was first announced by the Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.[1] In 2009, on 1 March, Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the college.
In 2011, on 1 September, the hospital at the college became operational with 100 beds and a team of 21 doctors. This number has since grown to 450 beds and 211 doctors as of March 2013.[2]
Women's medical college
It is the first women's Government Medical College of independent India and the first such institution in North India since Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College that was established in 1914. The college was inaugurated on International Women's Day, 2013 by Sonia Gandhi, congress party chief.[2][3]
Notable alumni
- Manushi Chhillar – winner of Miss World 2017 pageant and actress.
See also
References
- "Hooda promises medical college for women". The Hindu. 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- "Sonia inaugurates first all-women medical college". The Hindu. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- "Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Women Medical College in Haryana". Daily Bhaskar. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- "Haryana to get medical college for women". The Sunday Indian. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.