Dr. B. C. Roy Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (also the hospital which a part of the institution is known as Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Super Speciality Hospital)[1] is a medical school and research institute at Balarampur,[2] outside IIT Kharagpur campus, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It will start with a 400-bed multi-speciality hospital with specialities like Cardiac, Neurosurgery, Organ Transplantation, Oncology, Trauma and others. Beside this, it will be equipped with state-of-the art research facilities like Telemedicine, Tissue engineering, Bioelectronics etc. and expand to 750 bed capacity later.[3] It is proposed to start with 50 undergraduate medical seats. The institute is supposed to be functional by end of 2018. The various research, academic and medical infrastructure planning is being jointly carried out by IIT Kharagpur and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.[4][5]
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Other name | Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Super Speciality Hospital[1] |
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| Type | Public Medical College and Hospital |
| Established | 2018 |
Parent institution | IIT Kharagpur |
| Principal | Soumen Das |
| Address | Balarampur , , , 721306 , India 22°18′36″N 87°19′40″E / 22.3099132°N 87.3277079°E |
| Campus | Urban 18 acres (0.073 km2)[2] |
| Website | www |
As per IIT Kharagpur, in the phase – I, the 400-Bed Super-Speciality hospital will be begin its journey by end of 2019.[6] The graduate and postgraduate medical courses are expected to start in the academic year 2021–22.[7]
As per the institute, 10% of the beds would be free and 65% of the beds would be charged as per the rates in the central and state health insurance schemes. Plans are also in place to expand and include a nursing college and a school to train paramedical and technical experts.[7]
During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, unoccupied hospital building served as the quarantine center for the inter-state travelers returning to West Bengal.[8]
On 71st foundation day of IIT Kharagpur, Amit Khare, the Secretary, Ministry of Education in Government of India, declared that the medical courses will start from November 2021.[9]
As of 2022, the hospital has 160 general beds, 90 ICU beds and 10 child crib carriers, out of which 44 ICU beds were donated by Arjun Malhotra.[10][11]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Chowdhury, Subhanakar (20 December 2021). "IIT starts hospital named after SP Mookerjee on 18-acre Kharagpur plot". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph.
- ^ a b "IIT hospital to start by end of 2018". The Telegraph. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "IIT Kharagpur's medical college to debut in 2020". The Statesman. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "IIT hospital to start ops by year end". Times of India. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Medical college at ace tech school – IIT Kharagpur to realise dream with Rs 230cr grant from Centre". The Telegraph. 15 June 2012.
- ^ "বিশ্বমানের হাসপাতাল গড়ছে আইআইটি". Eisamay (in Bengali). The Times Group. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ a b Sen, Saibal (21 October 2019). "IIT Kharagpur to start MBBS course with 50 students in 2021-22 | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Chowdhury, Subhankar (6 May 2020). "IIT Kharagpur hospital turns into quarantine unit". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph.
- ^ Mukherjee Pandey, Jhimli (19 August 2021). "West Bengal: At 71, IIT-Kharagpur fulfils medical college dream; mass communication next in line". The Times of India. Kolkata. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Khanra, Sujoy (15 March 2022). "kharagpur: IIT-Kharagpur inaugurates hospital after year-long renaming row | Kolkata News". The Times of India.
- ^ "Kharagpur IIT: খড়গপুর আইআইটি চত্বরে উদ্বোধন শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখোপাধ্যায় হাসপাতালের শয্যার". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 14 March 2022.
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