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[[File:Cropped college building.jpg|thumb|The college building]]
'''King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College''' is one of the foremost [[medical school|medical colleges]] and [[teaching hospital |hospital]] in [[India]], located in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kem.edu/college/directions.htm |title=King Edward Memorial Hospital - Hospital : How to get to KEM |access-date=2011-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802192637/http://www.kem.edu/college/directions.htm |archive-date=2 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }} Information from Official website of KEM Hospital</ref> It was founded in 1926; it is affiliated with [[Maharashtra University of Health Sciences]] (MUHS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muhsnashik.com/college1.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002705/http://www.muhsnashik.com/college1.asp |archive-date=29 December 2008 }} M.U.H.S. College Information</ref>
The medical college (school) provides training to about 2,000 students at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and super-specialty medical courses-level; in undergraduate and postgraduate physical and occupational therapy courses; Masters and Ph.D. courses in various allied specialties. A nursing school is also maintained by this institution.<ref name="KEM website">{{cite web |date=2018 |title=kem website |url=http://www.kem.edu/about/about-kem-hospital/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908213719/http://www.kem.edu/about/about-kem-hospital/ |archive-date=2016-09-08 |access-date=Jun 15, 2018 |publisher=KEM hospital}}</ref> With about 390 staff physicians and 550 resident doctors, the 1,800 bedded hospital treats about 1.8 million out-patients and 85,000 in-patients annually. It provides both basic care and advanced treatment facilities in all fields of medicine and surgery.<ref name="KEM website"/> Funded mainly by the [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]], this institution renders virtually free of cost service to the underprivileged sections of the society.<ref name="KEM website"/>
During the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, on 3 May 2020, [[Indian Air Force]] choppers showered flower petals on King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals|J. J. Hospital]], and Kasturba Gandhi Hospital to pay tribute to healthcare workers fighting for the safety of the people of Mumbai.<ref name="Armed forces shower petals pan India to honour corona warriors">{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/defence-aircraft-shower-petals-on-mumbai-hospitals/articleshow/75516514.cms | title=Economic Times article | publisher= Economic Times| date=2020 | access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref>
==Rankings==
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The college was ranked 12th among medical colleges in India in 2020 by [[India Today]].<ref name=Rankings_IT_M_2020 />
==Notable alumni==
* [[Dwarkanath Kotnis]] (1910–1942), Indian humanitarian physician, served in China during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
* [[Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey]] (1912–1983), cardiologist, Padma Bhushan (1969), Fellow Royal College of Physicians<ref name=fellow>
{{cite web | title = Lives of Fellows: Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey | publisher = Royal College of Physicians | url = http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/1147 | access-date = 6 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Tehemton Erach Udwadia]] (born 1934), gastroenterologist, [[Dr. B. C. Roy Awards|Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] (2000), [[Padma Shri]] (2006), [[Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (2006)<ref name="Four Runners profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com/dr-tehemton-erach-udwadia-general-surgeon-mumbai-india.html | title=Four Runners profile | publisher=Four Runners Healthcare | date=2015 | access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianmedguru.com/general-surgery-tehemton-erach-udwadia-breachcandy-hospital-india.html | title=Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai) | publisher=Indian Med Guru | date=2015 | access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Sharad Panday]] (1934–2004), Indian cardiothoracic surgeon, part of the team that performed the first heart transplant in India<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/KEM-turns-90/articleshow/50675828.cms | title=KEM TURNS 90 Dr Sharad Pandey holds a heart during India's first heart transplant | work=mumbaimirror.com }}</ref>
* [[Sharad Vaidya]] (born 1936), cancer surgeon, established Goa Cancer Society, Gosalia Memorial Cancer Hospital, Goa,  and NOTE [[National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (India)]]. He was instrumental in legislation to reduce tobacco use in India.
* [[Nilima Arun Kshirsagar]] (born 1949), [[Clinical pharmacology|clinical pharmacologist]], former dean of KEM, Known for pharmacovigilance, drug development, tropical diseases, drug resistance, and medical education. Nathaniel T., [[Dr. B. C. Roy Awards|Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] Kwit memorial Award
* [[Amol Kolhe]] (born 1980), [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for [[Shirur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shirur]]
* [[Alok Sharma (neuroscientist)]], neurosurgeon, researcher and academic
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.kem.edu}}
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