Mitford Hospital, Dhaka

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Mitford Hospital is a public hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Situated in the historic Old Dhaka area, the hospital serves as a teaching hospital of Sir Salimullah Medical College.

The hospital is named after the philanthropist and civil servant Robert Mitford, who served many years in Dhaka as collector and later by the collaboration and support with an eminent physician from Kolkata Dr. Durgadas Kar, they established Midford Hospital in Dhaka, as judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal. It was the most important medical institution, not only in Dhaka, but in the whole of Eastern Bengal and Assam in the mid-19th century. Robert Mitford died in Europe in 1836, but before his death he bequeathed the bulk of his property (about eight lakh rupees) to the Government of Bengal for public works in Dhaka. This was, however, disputed by his successors in England and finally the Chancery Court partially decreed in favor of the Bengal Government in 1850. With Mitford's benevolent gift, the construction of this hospital was started in 1854 on its present site, which was then known as Babu Bazar. Prior to this, the site was earlier occupied by a Dutch kuthi.