North Bengal Medical College

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. 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

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.

The first batches

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.

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

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.

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 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 CBSE, 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.

The courses offered are:

Undergraduate Courses

M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 150 students)

B.Sc. in Nursing

GNM Nursing

Post-Graduate Courses

MD Pathology

MD Anaesthesiology

MS Anatomy

MD Physiology

MD Community Medicine

MD Paediatrics

MD Medicine

MS Surgery

MS Gynaecology and Obstetrics

MS Orthopaedics

MD Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

MS Ophthalmology

MS Oto-rhino-laryngology

MD Radiodiagnosis

MD Psychiatry

MD Biochemistry

MD Microbiology

Research Level (Super-Specialization)

Nephrology

Cardiology

Neurology

Paramedical and Technician

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.

Conferences & 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 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.

Embarkon - An annual intra-college Undergraduate conference & workshop.

Hospital Services

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)

Students

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.

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.

Girls

L.H (Ladies Hostel)-2nd year and 3rd year students and housestaffs.

G.H (Girls 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.

Student Life

NBMC ex-students association: http://www.nbmcexstudents.info

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 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.

Notable alumni

Apurba Chatterjee - geriatrician. Awarded the "Health Worker of the Year" at the Pride of Reading awards in 2013.

Abhijit Chowdhury - Noted gastroenterologist.

Rudranath Bhattacharya - politician. Elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Siliguri constituency.

Dr.Niranjan Bhattacharya-Noted Medical Scientist, Surgeon & Gynecologist did his graduation from the North Bengal Medical College in the final MBBS examination held in 1975. Subsequently 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)