- North Bengal Medical College
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North Bengal Medical College Established 1968 Type Medical College and Hospital Principal Prof. (Dr.) Anup Roy Dean Dr. Sabyasachi Das Students 133 per year
100 MBBS
27 MD
6 MSLocation Siliguri, West Bengal, India
26°41′13″N 88°23′06″E / 26.687°N 88.385°EAffiliations West Bengal University of Health Sciences Website www.nbmch.org North Bengal Medical College (Bengali: উত্তরবঙ্গ মেডিকেল 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 nine government medical colleges in West Bengal. The hospital has a bed strength of 599 [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.
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Location
North Bengal Medical College is located in Sushrutanagar, to the west of Siliguri, connected to the town by the 3rd Mahananda bridge. Sushrutanagar, otherwise referred to as ‘medical’ by the local people, is more or less 5 km from the Siliguri town proper. [4]
History
Principals - Prof A K Dutta gupta
- Dr. S C Laha
- Dr. L K Ganguli
- Dr. J N Bhadury
- Dr. S K Biswas
- Dr. A K Ram
- Dr. A Nandy
- Dr. P K Gupta
- Dr. S P Banerjee
- Dr. G K Das
- Dr. P K Mukherjee
- Dr. A K Kar
- Dr. S K Basu
- Dr. B Sarkar
- Dr. Dipti Basu
- Dr. Udayan Ganguly
- Dr. Utpal Kumar Dutta
- Dr. Sangita Bhattacharyya
- Dr. J B Saha
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.
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.
Campus
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. [7]
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.
Admission
Admission to this government medical college is through competitive entrance exams.
Out of the 100 MBBS seats, 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) which sees more than 60,000 students from the state compete every year. The WBJEE closing rank for admission to this college stays around 750.[8] Reservation for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes exist, as it is a government institution, to the extent of almost 28%.
For postgraduate courses one has to clear the West Bengal Postgraduate Medical Entrance or All India Postgraduate Medical Entrance Examination.
Academics
The courses offered are:
- M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 100 students)
- MD Pathology
- MD Anasthesiology
- MD Anatomy
- MD Physiology
- MD Community Medicine
- MD Pediatrics
- MD Medicine
- MS Surgery
- MD Gynecology and Obstetrics
- MS Orthopaedics
Nursing
- Diploma in Nursing (GNM)
- B.Sc. in Nursing ( introduced recently)
Paramedical and Technician
- DMLT ... Diploma in Medical Lab Technology
- DPT ... Diploma in Physical Medicine
Hospital Services
- Outdoor Outdoor services
- Indoor services
- Counseling
- Diagnostic & Investigation
Students
Every year 100 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.
Student activities
Student's Body
The North Bengal Medical College Students Union aka NBMCSU is the student's representative body. The union is responsible for conducting major student activities like cultural programmes and sports tournaments, allocating hostel rooms through lottery, conducting welfare programmes like blood donation camps and preparing and printing study notes.
Politics
TMCP is the major party and holds the union while DSO and SFI are too minor a force to reckon with.
- The annual election to form the Students' Union is presided by the Dean of Students Affairs.
Cultural Programmes
- The annual inter-college fest Plasma spanning 4 days is held in the month of September. It is a big event with noted artists performing and students displaying their creative fervour. Other than NBMC students, Plasma also sees active participation by students from nearby colleges like North Bengal Dental College, Siliguri Institute of Technology, North Bengal University, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College.
- The ex-students re-union Nostalgia is held in the post weekend of 18th November o every year for two days in a row.
- The freshers' welcome takes place every year to greet the new batch of MBBS students.
- Students celebrate Saraswati Puja every year in traditional style.
- Rabindra Jayanti is another annual event marking the birthday anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
- The college Foundation Day is observed every year on 18 November.
The college students have formed their own bands. Umami and Whistling Woods MAddiction are the most famous in the campus. MAddiction(2011) is the most famous band right now
References
- ^ North Bengal Medical College & Hospital
- ^ Bed strength
- ^ [http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_bkwardnb.pdf REPORT ON COMPARATIVE BACKWARDNESS OF NORTH BENGAL REGION A Study Sponsored by Planning Commission Government of India]
- ^ Road to Campus
- ^ The genesis of NBMC
- ^ The genesis of NBMC
- ^ Campus - North Bengal Medical College
- ^ WBJEE 2006 Closing Ranks for Medical Colleges
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links
Categories:- Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences
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