Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) is a medical institution and hospital on

Sarat Bose Road Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road, is a 3.5 km long road in southern part of Kolkata, India. The 4 laned road connects Southern Avenue (near Rabindra Sarobar Stadium) with AJC Bose Road (at Minto Park) and separates tw ...

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

, which functions under the

Ramakrishna Math Ramakrishna Math is the administrative legal organization of the Ramakrishna Order, of Daśanāmi Sampradaya. It was set up by sanyasin disciples of Ramakrishna Paramhansa headed by Swami Vivekananda at Baranagar Math in Baranagar, a place ne ...

and

Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. The mission was founde ...

. It started in July 1932 as ''Shishumangal Pratishthan'', a maternity and child welfare clinic by Swami Dayanand, a disciple of

Sarada Devi Sri Sarada Devi ( Bengali: সারদা দেবী; ; 22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920), born Kshemankari / Thakurmani / Saradamani Mukhopadhyay, was the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth-century Hindu ...

. Swami Dayananda (born Bimal) was younger brother of

Swami Madhavananda Swami Madhavananda (born Nirmal Chandra Basu; 15 December 1888 – 6 October 1965) was the ninth President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was born in the Bengal Presidency of British British India, India. Biography Madha ...

, the 9th President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (1962–1965). In 1956, the clinic paved way for the present hospital. Today the institution runs a 600-bed general hospital, Ma Sarada School of Nursing, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, besides mobile health units and community health services for rural areas.

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Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, Official website
West Bengal University of Health Sciences Ramakrishna Mission Hospitals in Kolkata Organisations based in Kolkata Education in Kolkata Medical colleges in West Bengal Health charities in India Nursing schools in India 1932 establishments in India {{India-hospital-stub