Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, was the dream project of late Dr. K C Chaudhuri, the doyen of pediatrics in India, when pediatrics was not considered a separate specialty. His effort got the due recognition, when the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated this Institute in 1956. Subsequently, several other stalwarts Dr. Sisir Kumar Bose, Dr. S P Ghoshal, Dr. U C Chakraborty (father of Pediatric Surgery in India) and many others dedicated their careers to this hospital without any reciprocation, to serve the less privileged sections of the society at minimal cost and provide them with quality medical care.

