Burdwan Medical College

বর্ধমান মেডিক্যাল কলেজ
Other name	BMC
Former name	Frazer Hospital (1910) and Ronaldshay Medical School
Motto	Latin: Salutem et Educationem
Motto in English	Health and Education
Type	Public Research Institute
Established	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Academic affiliations	WBUHS NMC
Budget	₹650 crore (US$81 million) (2023-24)
Principal	Professor Nayek [1]
Dean	Tapas Ghosh, Professor Associate
Academic staff	761www.nmc.org.in/information-desk/teaching-faculty/
Total staff	3000+
Undergraduates	200/yr MBBS
Postgraduates	486/yr MD/MS
Doctoral students	257/yr DM/MCh
Location	Frazer Avenue, Burdwan, West Bengal , 713104 , India 23°14′54.18″N 87°51′10.07″E / 23.2483833°N 87.8527972°E / 23.2483833; 87.8527972
Campus	Urban, 253 acres (102 ha)
Colours	Sky blue and gold
Affiliations	West Bengal University of Health Sciences
Website	www.burmed.org

Burdwan Medical College^[2][3][4] is a public hospital and medical research institute located in the town of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal. Burdwan Medical College was established in 1910 by Governor of Bengal and was undertaken by the University of Burdwan in 1969 as Burdwan University Medical College. Later it was taken over by the government of West Bengal on 4 August 1976, and rechristened Burdwan Medical College. The campus is spread over approximately 253 acres (102 ha).

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. The hospital Bijay Chand Hospital associated with the college is the largest hospital in Purba Bardhaman.

History

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. Later, the proposal of renaming the 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 renamed as Burdwan University Medical College and was affiliated to Burdwan University. The honorable health minister of that time, the Late 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. 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.^[5]

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 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.