Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital

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Topiwala National Medical College ( http://www.nair.edu ) is one of the foremost medical & dental colleges in India. It is attached to the B.Y.L. Nair Charitable hospital, a 1,300 bedded tertiary care center established in 1921.

The Institute is currently headed by Dr. Sanjay Oak, a pediatric surgeon, and employs a vast number of medical, para-medical and support staff. It is run the local municipal body (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation).

[edit] History

It holds a special place in the history of the city as being the first hospital to be made and run by Indians under the British empire. The other two big hospitals in the city at the time, KEM and Sir JJ hospital, were both managed by the British.