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This
second Institution was built on the recommendation of
Sir, R. Hamilton and was excellently and conveniently
located between the British Residency area and the City
of Indore in an open space adjacent to the meeting point
of the principal roads of the City of Indore and the
adjacent towns. This building had a Central room which
served both as a Dispensing room as well as an Operation
Theatre. On either side of the central room there were
two wards suffciently large to accommodate 25 beds each.
The
expense incurred in building this Hospital was Rs.
8500/- chiefly granted by Tukoji Rao Holkar - II. This
hospital started functioning on 1st Sept. 1849, with Dr.
E. Impey as the superintendent. 25 of the beds were
reserved for the military & travelling troops &
the other 25 were reserved for the public & called
as CHARITY WARDS. This premier institution was
therefore nomenclatured as the INDORE CHARITABLE
HOSPITAL.
At the
time of its inception, there were no special facilities
for female patients. Seeing their natural modesty &
purdah system Dr. Impey had another building
constructed for females. It had 2 rooms for 10 bads
& attached godowns. This building when unoccupied by
women was used for infectious diseases & epidemics.
The cost of this building was Rs. 2,800/-
In 1851
there was the Indore Charitable Hospital & the
Indore City Dispensary & there were dispensaries in
Ujjain, Ratlam, Dhar & Manpur.
In 1852
the Surgical armamentarium used to be one amputation
case, one hydrocele case, one eye case, one cupping
case, one pocket case and stomach pump & one tooth
instrument. This shows the meagre surgical set up of
that time. The surgical book recommended was a manual by
Drouitt. The entire maintenance of the Hospital amounted
to Rs. 250 per month.
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