is currently a gold standard for Cholecystectomy. History American troops came to India during the Second World War and landed at the nearby Safdarjung airport, the only airport in Delhi at that time and then known as Willingdon Airfield. There was no hospital in the area where this hospital is situated. Some barracks were rapidly constructed south of the airport to establish a medical centre for American troops fighting in this region. The hospital was well equipped, with x-ray machine, a laboratory and other facilities for various emergency procedures. After the Second World War was over, America handed over the hospital to the Indian government and it is now known as Safdarjung Hospital. Later a medical college was started there by Central Government Health Scheme of the Health Ministry. AIIMS was started in 1956 but there was no medical college in old Delhi until 1959 when Maulana Azad Medical College was started at Delhi Gate. References External links Safdarjung Hospital & Medical College Official website Hospital buildings completed in 1942 Hospitals in Delhi Colleges of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Hospitals established in 1942 New Delhi 1942 establishments in India 20th-century architecture in India