Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital

Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital is a medical teaching institution and hospital in Kolkata (previously Calcutta), the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was previously known as Campbell Hospital.

History

In 1887 Sealdah Market Building (at present Central Hall) was converted to Sealdah Municipal Hospital. On 1 December 1873 the Sealdah Medical School was born out of the Sealdah Municipal Hospital. In 1884 it was named as Campbell Medical School and later on in June 1948 upgraded as Campbell Medical College. On 10 August 1950 the college was renamed as Nilratan Sircar Medical College after the name of the great freedom fighter and alumni of this^{[clarification needed]}

Here, Upendranath Brahmachari synthesized urea Stibamine (carbostibamide) in 1922 and determined that it was an effective substitute for the other antimony-containing compounds in the treatment of Kala-azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) which is caused by a protozoon, Leishmania donovani. B. C. Roy, later a Chief Minister of West Bengal, taught Anatomy and Materia Medica in this Institution between 1912-1918. It was in the institution that Late Prof. A. K. Saha, another stalwart in the history of Medical Science, performed his leading experiment on "Dislocation of Shoulder Joint" - a path breaking pioneer landmark.

Late Dr. A.K. Basu, a noted surgeon successfully performed the first cardiac surgery in this country in this institution and carved a place of pride for himself and this institution in the annals of Medical History. Thus, this great and growing medical college has earned laurels and leading position in the past and rightfully feels proud of its achievements.

In 1885 the Lady Elliot Hostel, an artistically designed building was built out of a charity fund of Rs. 24.040/- generously donated by Her Highness of Mursidabad-Sams-E-Jahan Begum Paradua Mahal Shahiba which is still standing.

One of the features of this institution is its library on the third floor of Academic Building. It is also equipped with a large, well ventilated and well furnished reading room. This library covers an area of 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m²). and is proposed and designed to serve as a Central Medical Library.

A Medical teachers' training center of the state has already been set up in the Academic Building of this institution. A few batches have already received training in different disciplines. the training center is an asset and help towards better understanding and insight in different aspects of medical science. More training programmes are in the offing.

Apart from under-graduate courses, the post-graduate degree and diploma and diploma courses in various disciplines are run. The colleges partakes in BDS, MDS, and NIOH curriculum including theory and practical classes.

A General Nursing-cum- Midwifery Course for 3 years with 50 yearly admission is another side of this institution. There is a great fush^{[clarification needed]} and demand of this course. But the accommodation is less than desirable. Moves are on to increase and strengthen this wing of the college.

The college and hospital had a bed strength of 1890. During the year 1998, 62,165 patients were admitted and 56,310 were discharged, The total number OD patients treated in O.P.D during the year were 8,25,699. The total number of patients attended in Emergency was 1,04,410. The total No. of operation done were 24,867 of which 16,181 were of major cases and 8,686 were minor. the number of patients who received dialysis were 987. The statistic as above indicate the load of patients taken care of.

Other notes:

N.R.S. Medical College celebrated its 50th year along with the 50th year of Indian independence, however, its story starts long before 1947. Here is a chronological sequence of events in the life of this institution.

1873-Birth of Sealdah Municipal Hospital

1874-Renamed as Campbell Medical College

1848-Campbell Medical College and Hospital. Some people still remember NRS by this name

10 August 1950-Formation of N.R.S. Medical College & Hospital. N.R.S. has been evolving steadily since then.

1912-L.L.T. Anatomy Department gets a separate Building. [-1914]-the morgue was built. The Central Hall.

1913-S.L.T.

1915 - 1917 [-1916] Fraser Ward and Baker Ward made. O.P.D. set up. Lady Elliot's Hostel [for girls]

1922 - 1923-AB Ward

1961, extended 1972-Boy's Students Hostel.

1973 - 1974-Chest OPD [separate]

1974-U N B Building.

1978-Centenary building.

1991-Academy Building.

College has produced several doctors who are high achievers. Many former students went to UK and USA and made name for themselves and notable personalities, they are:

• Ramkrishna Banerjee
• Gitika Gupta (Banerjee)
• Ashoke Dasgupta
• Ajit Mukherjee
• Jayanti Kumar Ghosh (known as Dr Joe Ghosh, medically and politically)
• Pranab Mukherjee
• Samir Sill
• Surit Ghosh (USA)
• Dipak Sengupta (USA)
• Samir Dutta (USA)
• Shantipriya Mitra
• Amar Basu
• Partha Sarathi Roy(USA)

Eminent Faculty:

Professor Subhash Mukhopadhyay was the Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Physiology from 1967 to 1975. During his tenure he established that HCG was decidual in origin rather than trophoblastic, which was the prevalent belief. His other contributions include the fundamental works on the use of Testosterone in the management of female infertility and the outstanding hypotheses that stress is related to female infertility, which was presented at the International Conference on physiological sciences held in Paris in July 1977. All this led to his pioneering work on In Vitro Fertilization and birth of India's first and world's second "test-tube" baby on 3rd October 1978. This was barely 67 days after the birth of the first "test-tube" baby in the world (July 25, 1978) which resulted from the work of Dr. Steptoe and Dr. Edwards. Dr. Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2010 for his pioneering work.

                                                                                                                              Till 2003, it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Now it is under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences [1].

Address

138, Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Road, Sealdah Kolkata - 700014