SMHS Hospital

Name :

SMHS Hospital

Address  :

Karan Nagar, Nohata
Srinagar

Town  :

Srinagar

State  :

Jammu and Kashmir

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

190 010

Phone  :

91 194 2452013

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

The SMHS Hospital was established in 1948 at Karan Nagar in the heart of Srinagar city as a Governmentowned General Hospital to provide patient care to needy patients Primary and secondary medical care in the major specialties of Medicine Surgery and Gynecology was made available to the general public on OPD and Inpatient basis

In 1959 after the inauguration of Government Medical College on the same campus SMHS hospital became a major teaching institution imparting undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in all allied specialties of Medicine Surgery and Gynecology

In the 1970s as medical services became more specialized and differentiated separate hospitals were established for specialties like Obstetrics and Gynecology and Orthopedics etc The shifting of the concerned departments coincided with the expansion and differentiation of the major specialties of Medicine and Surgery

The Official bed strength of the Hospital is 250 However the actual Bed Strength of the Hospital at any given time is
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