Burdwan Medical College is a

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and medical college located in the town of

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. On 13 July 1907, the decision was made to build a hospital in Burdwan. Burdwan Medical College was established on 9 November 1910 by the then

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and was undertaken by the

University of Burdwan The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public state university located in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 1 ...

in 1969 as Burdwan University Medical College. Later, it was and rechristened as Burdwan Medical College on 4 August 1976. The campus is spread over approximately . Burdwan Medical College Hospital

It is one of the oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia and the first institute to teach in English language in Burdwan. Bijay Chand Hospital (currently as Burdwan Medical College & Hospital) associated with the college is the largest hospital in

History

On 13 July 1907, the decision was made to build a hospital in Burdwan. 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. Later, the proposal of renaming the medical college was again put forward, and the then

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, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, agreed to the proposal. Finally, in 1969, this college was renamed as Burdwan University Medical College and was affiliated to

. The then honorable health minister of West Bengal, Nani Bhattacharya, laid the foundation stone of this new 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. Later it was taken over by the

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on 4 August 1976, and renamed as Burdwan Medical College. But the College remained as the sole Medical College under the academic jurisdiction of Burdwan University until it was taken up by the

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in 2003.

Courses and admission

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

and is recognised by the

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. The selection to the college is done on the basis of merit through

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(NEET-UG).

References

External links

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 {{Authority control Medical colleges in West Bengal Universities and colleges established in 1969 Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences Teaching hospitals in India Universities and colleges in Purba Bardhaman district 1969 establishments in West Bengal Bardhaman

History

Courses and admission

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