Gandhians recall Bapu s visit to PMCH in 1947, appeal to not demolish heritage buildings
The state government s move has upset a large number of alumni members, heritage lovers and scholars, who have already appealed to not dismantle these iconic structures.
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PATNA: Three months before India s independence, Mahatma Gandhi had visited the Patna Medical College and Hospital for an appendicitis surgery of his grand-niece Manu, and so worried Bapu was that he sat next to her, wearing a surgical mask and watched the entire procedure in the operation theatre.
Seventy-five years later, Gandhian scholars and his admirers are now concerned over the fate of the over 100-year-old Bankipore General Hospital building in which the operation took place on May 15, 1947, and other heritage structures of the PMCH Bihar and Odisha s first medical college which are set to be demolished as part of a mega redevelopment project.
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