Burdwan Medical College and Hospital

On 13 July 1907, the decision was made to build a hospital in Burdwan (a small town). On 9 November 1910, the Frazer Hospital was inaugurated with 127 indoor beds. In 1921, this hospital was converted into a medical school and named Ronaldshay Medical School. However, it was closed in 1958 as per the recommendation of the 1947 Bhore committee. Later, the proposal of establishing a medical college was again put forward, and then the chief minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, agreed to the proposal.[5]

Finally, in 1969, this college was established by the University of Burdwan and named Burdwan University Medical College. The honorable health minister of that time, the Late Nani Bhattacharya, laid the foundation stone of this college. This college actually started its journey from a primary school building. The first batch of this college suffered tremendously because of the inadequate infrastructure and shifted to different medical colleges in Kolkata. The second batch of this college, enrolled in 1970, remained at Burdwan and completed their MBBS. However, the second batch took almost eight years to complete their degree. So, the official first batch of students, unofficially the second batch, came out as doctors only in 1978. There were several political unrests in the part of West Bengal during the seventies. Students also take part in the protest as this unrest hampered the growth of this medical college. Subsequently, In 1976, due to enormous agitation on the part of students, the West Bengal government took over the medical college from the University of Burdwan, and the name of this college was changed to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.[5]

Burdwan Medical College and Hospital undertakes the education and training of students in MBBS & postgraduate courses. The yearly undergraduate student intake is 200 from the year 2019. Presently, other than medical undergraduates, the institution is also the knowledge hub for nearly 186 post-graduates and 3 super-specialties per batch.

This college is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences and is recognised by the National Medical Commission.[6] The selection to the college is done on the basis of merit through National Eligibility and Entrance Test.

Burdwan Medical College and Hospital offers a full range of medical and surgical services for patients. This hospital was inaugurated in 1910 with 127 bed capacity and named Frazer Hospital. Later, the Frazer Hospital was named after the ‘Maharajadhiraj’ of Burdwan, Bijay Chand Mahtab, and subsequently known as Bijoy Chand Hospital or BC Hospital. The century-old red-colored grand building is still part of this hospital.

The bed strength of this hospital was increased to 759 when it was converted into a medical college hospital. Gradually, the bed strength increased to 1236, the number of sanctioned bed strengths at present. The patient load in this hospital is very high and patients from nearby 5-6 districts and neighboring states also visit this hospital. The hospital provides free of cost treatment as per the present policy of the Government.

Other than the original hospital campus, an annex campus is now there as the Super-specialty hospital, at Bamchandaipur on the NH2. This campus is approximately 7–8 km from the main hospital and is developed after modifying the Anamay Gramin (Rural) Hospital. Presently the Cardiology and Neurology wards are located in this campus with indoor, OPD, Cath lab, CT Scan and Pharmacy facilities. However, emergency patients are admitted only after referral from the main hospital. Post-doctoral trainees (DM) of Cardiology and Neurology get their training here.

There is one cultural society and one scientific society. Cultural society is mainly headed by the students union. They organize a major annual festival, Spandana, which is a two-day long event.

This cultural society also organizes Roshnai, which is a five-day long Intra college social event, and one fresher's party named Bonzournova

The scientific society of this college is headed by eminent professors, PGTs and PDTs. They are mostly associated with various research activities.

The college is not ranked among top medical colleges in India. All India ranking 91-100 and state ranking 3–5.

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"Latest assessment Report and Mention of Official website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

• Details of Burdwan Medical College on MCI's Web Portal
• Report by MCI
• the official website of Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
• the official website of the Ex students of Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan