history & origin
Sometime in the early forties, British Companies realised the need of good healthcare services for
their
families.
Accordingly they opened a company called “East India Clinic Ltd” on 23rd October 1946
East India Clinic started 2 nursing homes in Elgin Road in 1947 and started his journey.
The construction of Woodlands Nursing Home started in 1958 and was inaugurated on 8th January 1961
by
the then Chief Minister and eminent Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy whose birthday is celebrated as Doctor’s
Day.
East India Clinic Ltd was shifted to Woodlands Nursing Home. The name Woodlands was derived from the
name of the Palace.
The set up of Elgin Road as well as the pharmacy in Russel Street were closed immediately after the
opening of the Woodlands Nursing Home.
The name of East India Clinic Limited got changed to Woodlands Hospital and Medical Research Centre
Limited in the year 1994 and thereafter to Woodlands Medical Centre Limited in the year
2004.
In 2009 Woodlands Medical Centre Limited became the Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital
Limited.