College of Medicine & JNM Hospital

University College of Medicine, Kalyani, Nadia
Motto Knowledge, Discipline, Service to Humanity
Type Medical College and Hospitals
Established 2009
Principal Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay
Location JNM Hospital Road, Kalyani Nadia 741235 West Bengal, India
22°59′N 88°29′E / 22.98°N 88.48°E / 22.98; 88.48
Affiliations West Bengal University of Health Sciences
Website www.thewbuhs.org/jnm/

College of Medicine & J.N.M. Hospital is a medical college and hospital under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences in Kalyani, West Bengal.It was established in 2009.Contrary to public perception,the medical college is fully under the Government of West Bengal,and not a private entity.

The college is recognised by Medical Council of India, for MBBS and post graduation degrees in select subjects.

History

The college and hospital are administered by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences. The college was first registered with the Medical Council of India in 2010.[1] The first batch of 100 students entered in August 2010.

In July 2016, there were reports of junior doctors being assaulted after protesting against an alleged drug racket running in and around the hospital.[2] In 2018,a student of the first batch of COMJNMH secured the All India Rank-2 in the AIIMS-PG examination. The college building is built exactly according to MCI recommendations,with more than adequate space for the various departments.COMJNMH has a state of the art anatomy dissection hall,the finest among all the medical colleges of West Bengal.

Principals

  • Dr. (Prof) S. Deb
  • Dr. (Prof) H. Dasgupta Saha
  • Dr. (Prof) Dipankar Bhattacharya
  • Dr. (Prof) Santanu Banerjee
  • Dr. (Prof) Subrata Chattopadhyay
College building
Administrative block
College building 2

Administration

The college and hospital are funded and managed by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences and Government of West Bengal.It is the constituent college of the West Bengal University of Health Science.It is the only medical college in West Bengal with two hospitals under it,JNM hospital and GM hospital.The attached hospital with the college,JNM Hospital is one of the busiest hospitals in the state with the bed occupancy rate well over 100%.Pathbreaking research is also being undertaken in the laboratories of the various departments. The college being an autonomous institution and directly under the control of the WBUHS,the faculty is not rotated as done in other medical colleges of the state.

References

  1. ↑ "Name of College : College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia,". Medical Council of India. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "TMC councillor's son arrested for 'assaulting' doctors". The Indian Express. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

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