The Indian medicine system development are Ayurveda and Siddha system . Dhanvantari was considered as "the Hindu god of medicine". The celebrated authorities in Ayurvedic medicine were Atreya, charaka, Susruta and Vaghbhatt. Atreya(800)- is the first Indian physician and teacher lived in ancient university of Takshashila. Charaka(200A.D)- compiled his famous treatise on medicine the "Charaka samhita"

1. Government Hospitals in
Hyderabad
Presented By:
Dr. Mohd Akhter Ali
Assistant Professor
Dept of Geography
University College of Science
Osmania University, Hyderabad- Telangana
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2. Background
• The Indian medicine system development are
Ayurveda and Siddha system . Dhanvantari was
considered as "the Hindu god of medicine".
• The celebrated authorities in Ayurvedic medicine
were Atreya, charaka, Susruta and Vaghbhatt.
• Atreya(800)- is the first Indian physician and
teacher lived in ancient university of Takshashila.
• Charaka(200A.D)- compiled his famous treatise
on medicine the "Charaka samhita"

3. • Susruta( father of surgery)- compiled the surgical
knowledge of his classic "susruta samhita".
• Ayurveda is a "Tridosha theory of disease" The
doshas are: vata(wind), pitta( gall) and kalpa(
mucus).
• Historical records show that efficient hospitals were
constructed in India by 600 BC .
• During the splendid reign of King Asoka (273-232
BC), Indian hospitals started to look like modern
hospitals. They followed principles of sanitation and
cesarean sections were performed with close
attention to technique in order to save both mother
and child.

4. • Physicians were appointed –one for every ten
villages-to serve the health care needs of the
populations and regional hospitals for the
infirm and destitute were built by Buddha.
• The Indian medicine begins to decline from
the Mohammedan invasions in the tenth
century.
• During Akbar’s period the Unani medicine
system spread all the way through the greater
part of India.

5. • During his period, there were a good number
of government hospitals, as well as private
clinics run by many physicians.
• The modern system of medicine in India was
introduced in the 17th centaury with the arrival
of Christian missionaries in South India.
• In the 17th centaury, British empire established
first hospital at Chennai in 1664.

6. • Till the 1840s Ayurveda and Unani were the
only common medical practices in India.
• In 1846 when the Fourth Nizam Nasir-ud-
Daulah fell ill, no Unani or Ayurveda
practitioner was able to cure him.
• Then British Residency Surgeon Dr. William
Campbell Mclean used the allopathic
treatment on the ill Nizam and cure it.
Nizam’s encouragement in medical
education

7. • Impressed by his abilities and the medical
treatment the Nizam asked Dr. William to
teach allopathy to his people.
• This gave birth to Hyderabad Medical School
now known as Osmania Medical College.
• Osmania Medical College also has a rich
history of scientific advances, and its long-
established legacy is marked by landmark
achievements, such as the Chloroform
Commissions of Hyderabad in 1888 and 1889.

8. • The protection of chloroform use in humans
was firmly established.
• Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic at
Osmania Hospital in the world.
• It is also the first medical university in South
India to offer an endocrinology postgraduate
course.

9. Osmania General Hospital

10. Niloufer Hospital
• Niloufer Hospital is housed in a building in the heart of
historic Hyderabad and has an interesting past.
• This reputed institution was founded in 1949 by
the Princess Niloufer.
• Princess Niloufer was the daughter of king of Ottoman
Empire (Turkey) and was married to prince Moazzam
Jah- son of 7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan - (the last
Asaf Jahi ruler) of Hyderabad Deccan in 1931.
• Just like Florence nightingale, the princess had a liking
to serve the poor and also took to serving the poor as a
nurse.

11. • In 1949, one of the princess' maids died during
childbirth due to lack of medical facilities.
• On hearing this news, the princess was very
shattered.
• She then decided to ensure that no mother faces
death hereafter.
• Princess Niloufer made known to her father-in-
law the problems arising due to this lack of
medical facilities.
• In 1953, what began as a 100-bed hospital to
meet the health requirements of the mother &
child, was destined to progress with no looking
back.

12. Niloufer Hospital

13. The Institute of Mental Health,
Erragadda
• The Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda also
known as Erragadda Mental Hospital is one of
the oldest health institutions established by
the Nizams reign in Hyderabad State.
• It is run by Government of Telangana, located
in Erragadda, Hyderabad.
• It serves the mental health patients from all
over the state.

14. • Established as Darul-Majanine meaning Mental
Asylum, the hospital was started at Chanchalguda
Central Jail and shifted to Jalna (Maharashtra)
with 400 beds.
• The institute was moved to Jalna (part of Nizam
dominion at the time) during 1895–1907.
• The name of the institution changed from Darul-
Majanine to Hospital for Mental Diseases, Jalna.
• The institute was shifted from Jalna To Hyderabad
in 1953 after Hyderabad State (1948–56) was
formed and Jalna was merged with Maharashtra.

15. Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda

16. Gandhi Medical College
• About 150 yrs ago, in 1851, Gandhi hospital
was stared initially as an Infirmary of 3 wards,
developed into a Cantonment Hospital with 95
beds in 1900.
• It has progressed to King Edward Memorial
Hospital in 1913 and has grown into a
teaching hospital in 1958 for Gandhi Medical
College with present bed strength of 1200.

17. • The GMH is a 1,200-bed facility and each year
performs about 80,000 outpatient consultations,
42,000 inpatient admissions, 15,000 minor
operations, and 11,000 major operations.
• Gandhi hospital has distinction of being the first
open heart surgery centre of the combined state
of Andhra Pradesh and the first to have Cath lab
facilities for training of DM cardiology students.
Gandhi Medical College was established in 1954
and was recognized by MCI in 1956.

18. Gandhi Hospital

19. Government Nizamia General Hospital
• Government Nizamia General Hospital popularly
known as Government Unani Hospital is a public
hospital located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• It is a hospital for general medicine and Unani
medicine.
• It was established during the reign of Nizams. It is
located near the historic Charminar.
• Nizamia General Hospital was built in 1926 by the
last Nizam of Hyderabad - HEH Mir Osman Ali
Khan

20. Nizamia General Hospital

21. Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
• Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is
a public hospital located in Hyderabad,
Telangana, India and is named after its founder –
the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad– and was
inaugurated by Princess Durreshehvar.
• It is an Institute under State Legislature Act under
the Act of Andhra Pradesh State Legislature. It
has a big sprawling campus in Punjagutta
• The hospital was under the H.E.H. the Nizam's
Charitable Trust until it was handed over to AP
Government.

22. Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences

23. Erragadda Chest Hospital
• TB and Chest Hospital also known as Erragadda Chest
Hospital is a tuberculosis hospital located
in Hyderabad, India.
• The 670-bed hospital is located on 65 acres
near Erragadda.
• The Irranuma Palace, now the government Chest
Hospital, was built during the time of the sixth Nizam by
a noble, Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk in 1888
and abandoned it because of a superstition.
• The palace was donated to be converted into a hospital
by the VII Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan.
• Erramanzil belonged to the same family. Their tombs,
Fakhrul Mulk, still exists at SR Nagar agadda

24. Erragadda Chest Hospital

25. Government Maternity Hospital in Koti
and Nayapul
• This government hospital is a specialized hospital
exclusively for obstetrical and gynecological
services, more popular for deliveries.
• Government Maternity Hospital in Koti and
Nayapul are tremendously popular with people
from all walks of life.
• In fact, this hospital is so popular that people
from the surrounding areas come here to avail of
its services.

26. Government Maternity Hospital in Koti and Nayapul

27. MNJ Cancer Hospital
• The MNJ Cancer Hospital is a state-owned
hospital exclusively dedicated to the treatment
and cure of cancer.
• This specialized hospital attracts people from all
over the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
as well as from the neighboring states.
• The MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer
Center, as it is known now, is a 250 bedded
comprehensive cancer care center and is the sole
tertiary public referral center for the entire state
of Telangana.

28. • The institute not only caters to the needs of
the patients of the state but also to the
patients from neighboring states.
• More than 10,000 new cancer patients are
registered every year and more than 1,10,000
patients come here for follow up.
• More than 1500 major surgeries and about
1000 minor surgeries are performed here
every year.

29. MNJ Cancer Hospital

30. Government Fever Hospital
• The Government Quarantine Hospital, commonly
known as the Fever Hospital is located in Nallakunta.
• This hospital is called as 'Koranti Dawakhana' in the
local or colloquial language.
• This specialized hospital for the treatment of
contagious diseases attracts people from all over the
city and the neighboring areas.
• You will find that more people come to this hospital
during the monsoon season when epidemics and other
contagious diseases are rampant.

31. Government Fever Hospital

32. Government E. N. T. Hospital
• The Government E. N. T. Hospital is one of the
oldest speciality hospitals in Hyderabad, India.
• The ENT Hospital, located on the Bank Street
in Koti, caters to problems and ailments of the
ear, nose, and throat.
• This hospital, which is one of its kind in the
state, caters to people from the states of
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

33. Government E. N. T. Hospital

34. Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital
• The Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital is an exclusive
eye hospital that is run by the Telangana state
government.
• This hospital, located in Mehdipatnam, has
some of the finest eye specialists, who are
experts in all aspects of eye care.
• It is affiliated to the Osmania Medical college
and the Gandhi Medical College and serves as
a teaching hospital.

35. • It is the primary hospital for eye care for the
poor and underprivileged in and around
Hyderabad.
• Being a government hospital, it offers free
treatment to all the people.
• The 550-bed capacity tertiary care referral eye
hospital caters to the states of Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh and also neighboring states.

36. Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital

37. Government Dental College &
Hospital
• The Government Dental College & Hospital, which is
located near the Osmania Hospital in the Afzalgunj
area of Hyderabad, offers exclusive dental services in
all aspects of dentistry.
• The Government Dental College and Hospital (GDCH),
Hyderabad, which is approved by the Dental Council of
India, was established in 1960.
• Ever since it started, the college has been imparting
academic excellence in the field of dentistry.
• The facilities provided by the Government Dental
College and Hospital, Hyderabad, help in propagating
quality oral health and dental education in the state.

38. Government Dental College & Hospital

39. Government Hospital, located in the
King Koti
• The Government Hospital, located in the King
Koti area of Hyderabad, is a relatively new
addition to the government hospitals in the city.
• The heritage building, in which the hospital is
located, was earlier one of the Nizam's palaces.
• This hospital offers quality medical and
healthcare services in all areas of medicine and is
popular with the people in the city and
surrounding areas.

40. Government Hospital, located in the
King Koti

41. • The Nizams not only focused on education,
construction of buildings and industrial
development, but also gave importance to
public health and sanitation.
• Among princely states, Hyderabad had a well-
developed sanitation system, which was
unprecedented at that time.
• The Asaf Jahi rulers strived to elevate life
standards of common people and it is a fact
that sanitation is one of the key factors to
assess a society’s standard of life.

42. • Dr Gade Venkatesh, a sanitation expert and
author of “The History of Sanitation in Nizam’s
Rule” said the Asaf Jahi rulers were keen to
acquire world-class facilities in their estate and
always focused on high quality.
• Whatever they built and developed were the
world’s best standards of their times.
• The VII Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan gave much
importance to public health and sanitation.
• In 1921, the Nizam spent Rs 3,71,923 on public
health and sanitation from Hyderabad
Municipality’s total outlay of Rs 7,90,879.

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