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Encyclopedia > Grant Medical College

The Grant Medical College is a medical school of the University of Mumbai. It is one of the premier medical institution in India and the oldest institution teaching western medicine in Asia. The colonial British founded the college in 1845 with help from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, after whom the group of hospitals is named.


At present, the college accepts 200 students per year for the undergraduate course and has more seats for postgraduate courses. The college occupies 44 acres (178,000 mē) in Byculla.


The Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy Group of Hospitals includes the J. J. Hospital, St. George Hospital, G. T. Hospital, and Cama and Albess Hospital. All these hospitals are in south Mumbai.


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Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejebhoy Group of Hospitals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1919 words)
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Mumbai's JJ Hospital and Grant Medical College, two of the oldest and most prestigious medical institutions in the country, were in the news recently, but for the wrong reasons - the 'leakage' of exam papers for the final year medical exam.
Those of us who have had something to do with medical examinations either as candidates, examiners or close observers have known for years that subtle or obvious subversion of the process is not a new phenomenon.
But such subversion of the examination process in medical education and the fact that over the years it has been 'tolerated' by the profession to the point of complicity has had a far-reaching impact on the development of a medical student.
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