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'''Institute of Child Health''' is a [[hospital]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] offering [[post-graduate]] training in [[pediatrics]] under [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]. It has a distinction of being the first pediatric institute of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Genetics Screening in Paediatric Nephrology|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/genetics-screening-in-paediatric-nephrology/1/719701.html|accessdate=6 November 2016|work=IndiaToday|date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Typhus scare back in West Bengal - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Typhus-scare-back-in-West-Bengal/articleshow/49914629.cms|accessdate=6 November 2016|work=The Times of India|date=25 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Institute of Child Health was set up by Dr K.C. Chaudhuri, the doyen of Indian pediatrics, in Kolkata in 1956. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister, inaugurated the institute on 16 January 1957. It is the first pediatric institute of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ichcalcutta.org/aboutus.html|title=Institute of Child Health, about us|website=ICH, Calcutta}}</ref><br />
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