North Bengal Medical College and Hospital

North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) is located in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and the sole healthcare facility in North Bengal region of the West Bengal, serving as a tertiary referral institute. The college has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the twelve government medical colleges in West Bengal and the largest in terms of area and patient influx. The hospital has a bed strength of 862 and caters to a large population of 15 million in North Bengal, from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, with a patient occupancy rate of 137% (largest in entire Bengal). With the largest campus in entire West Bengal, it caters to the largest patient flow in entire Bengal mainly comprising patients from North Bengal, Bangladesh (Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka, Sirajganj), Nepal, Bhutan and the entire North East India. It has been recognised as a testing and treatment center for COVID-19 in North Bengal with NICED, Indian School of Tropical Medicine and Beliaghata ID & BG Hospital. The task force is expected to be led by Prof (Dr) Dipanjan Bandyopadhyay, the Vice-President of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine and a faculty of medicine in aforesaid institution.[1][2][3]

North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
MottoLatin: Servitium Do Populam
Motto in English
Serving the Population
TypeMedical College and Hospital
Established1968
PrincipalDr.P.K.Deb
DeanDr.Sandip Sengupta
StudentsTotals:
200 MBBS
27 MD
6 MS
Address
Sushrutanagar
,
Siliguri
,
West Bengal-734012
,
India

26.687°N 88.385°E / 26.687; 88.385
AffiliationsWest Bengal University of Health Sciences
Websitewww.nbmch.ac.in
Departments

History

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.[4]

The first batches

[5] 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.

[6] 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 had been increased by 50, which made the annual undergraduate students intake to 150 but from the year 2017 the newly added 50 seats were slashed by the MCI on grounds of lack of infrastructure but again in the year 2018, intake was increased to 150.

Campus

North Bengal Medical College & Hospital is located in Sushrutanagar, locally known as Noukaghat, 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 proper Siliguri.[7] The nearest Railway Station is New Jalpaiguri about 11 km away and the nearest Airport is Bagdogra Airport about 9 km from the Campus

View from JBH
UTTARAN
Uttaran

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]

Organisation and administration

Governance

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

Academic Block(AD Block)

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 Datta 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 2018.
  • Dr. P.K. Deb 2018 to till date

Academics

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.

Admission

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

Entrance to the college is on the basis of ranks achieved by the student in NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Examination) conducted by the NTA, as is the case with nearly all other medical colleges in the country by a Supreme Court order.

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]

Academic programmes

[10][11]

The courses offered are:

Undergraduate courses
Anatomy Dissection Hall
  • M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 150 students)
  • B.Sc. in Nursing
  • GNM Nursing

Post-graduate courses

Research level (super-specialization)

Paramedical and technologist
  • D.M.L.T - Diploma in Medical Lab Technology
  • D.P.T - Diploma in Physical Medicine
  • D.Dial - Diploma in Dialysis.
  • D.R.D - Diploma in Radiology.
  • D.C.C.T-DIPLOMA IN CRITICAL CARE TECHNOLOGY

Conferences and workshops

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

  • NUMESCON- It is the national undergraduate medical students' conference of North Bengal Medical College held in the month of March. The conference has hands-on workshops, sessions by eminent speakers of the medical fraternity and various other interactive events.

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

  • Embarkon – an annual intra-college Undergraduate conference & workshop

Hospital services
Hospital Campus
Trauma Care Centre
  • Emergency
  • Outdoor services
  • Indoor services
  • Physiotherapy
  • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU)
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
  • Sick Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (SNCU)
  • Intensive Trauma Care Unit (ITU)
  • Trauma Care Centre
  • A.R.T Centre
  • V.C.T.C
  • Preventive Cardiology
  • Tele-Medicine
  • Counselling
  • Diagnostic & Investigation
  • Fair Price Medicine Shop
  • Intermediate State Reference Laboratory for Multi Drug Resistance-TB
  • Rehabilitation centre (under PMR department)
  • Trauma Center
  • Selected under MoHFW scheme for super speciality care(along with Bankura Sammilani Medical College)

which would include 166 beds for subspeciality care in neurosurgery, CTVS and so forth. [12] [13] [14]

Student life

Demography
Playground behind Medicine Dpt

Every year 200 (previously it was 150; 50 seats increased in 2019) 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.

Boys
  • J.B.H. (Junior Boys Hostel) - for 1st year and 2nd-year students. (4 storied)
  • N.B.H. (A.K Dutta Memorial Hostel) - for 3rd year and 4th-year students. (4 storied)
  • S.B.H. (Senior Boys Hostel) - for final year students and interns
  • Intern Hostel - for House staffs and Internees. The postgraduate trainees are also accommodated in the same hostel. (Near the Emergency Gate)
  • A new 4 storied 200 seated hostel is under construction for PGT students.
Rainbow over NBH & SBH

Girls
  • L.H. (Ladies Hostel) - 2nd year and 3rd-year students and house staffs.
  • K.G.H (Kadambini Ganguly memorial Girl's Hostel) - for 4th year, final year students, interns and postgraduate trainees.
  • N.G.H. (New Girls Hostel) - for 1st-year students.
  • A new hostel for PGT students is under construction.

Associations
  • NBMC ex-students association

Cultural programmes
Corridors of NBMC
  • 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 18 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,Whistling Woods,Intoxication and The Autonomous are the most famous in the campus. 2017 , the Golden Jubilee year Plasma , was celebrated with the welcome of eminent band like Fossils.

Notable alumni
  • Dr (Professor). Mrinal Chatterjee. First batch. Former Principal of Dr B C Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, Kolkata and former Pro Vice-Chancellor of West Bengal University of Health Sciences.
  • Dr Samrat Dutta MD(PGIMER) Eminent Radiation Oncologist and Radiotherapist,Ex-fellow at Tata Memorial, Mumbai
  • Dr Siddhartha Basu. fourth batch. Eminent teacher of Oncology. Former Professor and head department of Oncology IPGMEandR and SSKM Hospital Kolkata. Founder secretary North Bengal Medical College ex -student's Association (registered under societies registration act of 1961 no:S/1L/54815) and President IndianOncology Association Bengal chapter.
  • Dr Tridib Chowdhury, Senior Consultant Neurologist in AMRI Hospital Kolkata. Formerly consultant at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata, Fortis Hospital,Ruby General Hospital.
  • Dr Sumitava Samanta, Senior Consultant at Apollo Group of Hospitals
  • Dr Jayanta Roy, Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha)
  • Dr GK Dhali, Noted Gastroenterologist
  • Dr Apurba Chatterjee DTM&H,MD,MRCP(UK),FRCP(London)- Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading was Awarded the "Health Worker of the Year" at the Pride of Reading awards in 2013.[15] .Ex Training Programme Director for Geriatrics,HETV Oxford.
  • Dr (Prof) Abhijit Chowdhury MD(PGIMER) DM(PGI) FNASc- Noted gastroenterologist and hepatologist. Head of Dept, Hepatology (IPGMER & SSKM Hospital). Director of Research at Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences
  • Rudranath Bhattacharya, fourth batch. eminent teacher and Professor and head department of Preventive and Social Medicine North Bengal Medical College and Dean of Medical Faculty North Bengal University. Politician. Elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Siliguri constituency.
  • Dr.Niranjan Bhattacharya. Second batch. Noted Medical Scientist, he did MD (Obstetrics & Gynecology) and MS (General Surgery) from the University of Calcutta. He was awarded D.Sc degree by the University of Calcutta for his path breaking work on Regenerative Medicine and became Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Formerly Head of Department, School of Tropical Medicine (Medical College, Kolkata)
  • Dr Supada Mallick MD(PGI), formerly Professor at AIIMS Delhi, Presently Director of Dr Mallick's Labs
  • Dr Rudrajit Sinha DNB, FNB, MRCS England, M Phil. Advanced Laparoscopy and Robotics. Consultant, Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery. Studied Royal College of Surgeons, England.
  • Dr. Kamalika Roy, MD, MCR, FAPA Adult and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Faculty, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA Chair-elect, International Medical Graduates Section, American Medical Association
  • Dr. Swapankumar Ghosh, Second batch, State President Indian Medical Association, Bengal State Branch (2005-2006)
  • Prof Rajen Pandey. Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences & HoD of Nephrology IPGME&R & SSKM Hospital, Vice President of India Medical Association Bengal State Branch
  • Prof(Dr) Pradeep Kumar Saha ,HOD Neuropsychiatry IPGMER and SSKM Hospital is an eminent neuropsychiatrist of India who has had an illustrious career at NIMHANS.He serves as a visiting professor to University of Washinton DC, U.S.A.,University of Yale Connecticut, U.S.A., University of Louisiana, U.S.A.,University of London, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, and Birmingham, U.K.He is hailed as a pioneer in Private Psychiatry .

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