North Bengal Medical College

North Bengal Medical College
Logo of North Bengal Medical College
Type Medical College and Hospital
Established 1968
Principal Dr.Prof. Samir Ghosh Roy
Dean Dr.Prof. Maitriyee Kar(Nandi)
Students 183 per year
150 MBBS
27 MD
6 MS
Location Siliguri, West Bengal, India
26°41′13″N 88°23′06″E / 26.687°N 88.385°E / 26.687; 88.385
Affiliations West Bengal University of Health Sciences
Website www.nbmch.org
Departments

North Bengal Medical College (Bengali: নর্থবেঙ্গল মেডিক্যাল কলেজ ) is located in Siliguri, India. It is the largest healthcare facility in the North Bengal region of West Bengal serving as a tertiary referral institute and has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the twelve government medical colleges in West Bengal. The hospital has a bed strength of 862[1][2] and caters to a large population of 15 million[3] in North Bengal and many more from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh with a patient occupancy rate of 137%.

Location

North Bengal Medical College is located in Sushrutanagar, to the west of Siliguri, connected to the town by the 3rd Mahananda bridge. Sushrutanagar, (situated at Thiknikata Gram Panchayet), otherwise referred to as ‘medical’ by the local people, is more or less 5 km from the Siliguri town proper.[4] The nearest Railway Station is New Jalpaiguri Jn about 11 km away and the nearest Airport is Bagdogra Airport about 8 km from the Campus

History

Principals
  • Prof A K Dutta gupta 09.11.1970 to 30.11.1973
  • Dr. S C Laha 01.12.1973 to 11.07.1974
  • Dr. L K Ganguli 12.07.1974 to 31.03.1978
  • Dr. J N Bhadury 01.04.1978 to 03.03.1981
  • Dr. S K Biswas 04.03.1981 to 21.10.1982
  • Dr. A K Ram 22.10.1982 to 21.03.1983
  • Dr. J.N Bhadury 22.03.1983 to 10.12.1985
  • Dr. A Nandy 11.12.1985 to 14.08.1985
  • Dr. P K Gupta 15.08.1986 to 31.03.1987
  • Dr. S P Banerjee 02.04.1987 to 04.08.1988
  • Dr. G K Das 05.08.1988 to 10.11.1992
  • Dr. P K Mukherjee 11.11.1992 to 04.05.1995
  • Dr. A K Kar 04.05.1995 to 14.06.1995
  • Dr. S K Basu 14.06.1995 to 25.03.1998
  • Dr. B Sarkar 25.03.1998 to 27.10.1999
  • Dr. Dipti Basu 27.10.1999 to 07.09.2001
  • Dr. Udayan Ganguly 07.09.2001 to 06.09.2002
  • Dr. Utpal Kumar Dutta 06.09.2002 to 31.03.2004
  • Dr. Sangita Bhattacharyya 31.03.2004 to 31.03.2006
  • Dr. J B Saha 31.03.2006 to 28.07.2006
  • Dr. Udayan Ganguly 28.07.2006 to 21.08.2009
  • Dr. J.B Saha 21.08.2009 to 17.01.2011
  • Dr. T. K. Bhattacharya 17.01.2011 to 30.06.2011
  • Dr. Anup Kr. Roy 04.07.2011 to 2015
  • Dr. Samir Ghosh Roy 2015 to till date.

It was established in 1968 as the first medical college of North Bengal. Originally envisioned by Dr. B. C. Roy, the planning was executed by Ajit Kumar Panja, the then state health minister. Prof. Ajit Kr. Duttagupta joined as the first official principal of the college which was then known as North Bengal University Medical College. NBUMC was rechristened in August 1978 to North Bengal Medical College & Hospital and the administrative control went from North Bengal University to Govt. of West Bengal.[5]

The first batches

[6] The premedical classes started on 6.11.67 in a makeshift arrangement at Jackson medical school, Jalpaiguri. 2nd to 6th batch of students undertook their premedical course at Raigunj University College. 7th batch onwards, the students started their premedical course at NBMC campus, Sushrutanagar, their own place.

[7] Classes for 1st year MBBS course for 1st batch started on 18.11.68 in NBU campus. MBBS classes started in Sushrutanagar, the present site of NBMC in 1972. The first 5 batches had to migrate to SSKM hospital for their clinical lessons after passing 2nd prof. First 2 batches completed internship and housemanship there. The college got its recognition from the Medical Council of India in 1978.

Introduction of Postgraduation courses

In 2004, the institute achieved the milestone to be reckoned as the Post-graduate institute with introduction of MD/MS courses in five specialised disciplines like Anatomy, Physiology, Community Medicine, Pathology and Anesthesiology, which were recognized by the Medical Council of India in 2007. Since then more postgraduate courses were added in the fields of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, General Medicine, Surgery, Gynae & Obstetrics, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology and ENT Diseases. Postgraduate seats in the fields of Radiodiagnosis (already sanctioned), Psychiatry, Microbiology, Biochemistry (in process) will be added in near future.

Increase of Undergraduate seats

From 2013 onwards Undergraduate seats has been increased by 50, which makes the annual undergraduate students intake to 150.

Campus

View from J.B.H

The college and hospital buildings, spread over a sprawling campus of 161 acres (0.65 km2), are connected by very long corridors which total a length of 2.6 km. The North Bengal Dental College and the Nursing Training College are also located in the same campus.[8]

Affiliation

The college was affiliated to the North Bengal University since its inception. Starting from the 2003 admission batch, it is formally affiliated to the newly formed West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Administration

The college and hospital are funded and managed by Government of West Bengal.

Academic Block(AD Block)

Admission

Admission to this government medical college for undergraduate course(MBBS) is through competitive entrance exams.

15% of the seats are filled through the All India Pre-Medical Test. The rest are admitted through the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (Medical).

For postgraduate courses one has to clear the West Bengal Postgraduate Medical Entrance or All India Postgraduate Medical Entrance Examination. From the year 2013 post graduate students are going to be selected from single All India entrance, National Eligibility and Entrance Test.[9]

Academics

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The courses offered are:

Undergraduate Courses

Anatomy Dissection Hall

Post-Graduate Courses

Research Level (Super-Specialization)

Paramedical and Technician

Conferences & Workshops

The college hosts numerous Undergraduate & Postgraduate Conferences throughout the year. Notable Conferences hosted/will be hosted by the institution includes-

The First Numescon was in 2015, and seen participation from all over India as well as neighbouring countries as Bangladesh.

Visit www.numescon.org for more details.

'Like' the Facebook page to stay updated-(https://www.facebook.com/numescon2015) and follow on twitter (https://twitter.com/NUMESCON_nbmc) to stay updated.[12]

Hospital Services

Hospital Campus
Trauma Care Centre

Students

Playground behind Medicine Dpt

Every year 150 ( previously it was 100; 50 seats increased in 2013) students graduate from the college. Besides, there are postgraduate students in various streams. Most students are from outside Siliguri and stay in the campus hostels.From 2013-14 session it has been decided to increase the number of undergraduate(MBBS) seats by 50.

Hostels

Boys

Rainbow over NBH & SBH

Girls

Student Life

Cultural Programmes

Corridors of NBMC

The college students have formed their own bands. Umami,Whistling Woods,Intoxication and The Autonomous are the most famous in the campus.

Notable alumni

References

External links

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