Assam Medical College

Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh
অসম চিকিৎসা মহাবিদ্যালয় আৰু চিকিৎসালয়, ডিব্ৰুগড়
Other name	AMCH
Former name	Berry White Medical School
Type	Public
Established	3 November 1947; (76 years ago)
Superintendent	Prasanta Dihingia
Principal	Sanjeeb Kakati
Location	Barbari, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; 27°29′19″N 94°54′50″E / 27.4886°N 94.9139°ECoordinates: 27°29′19″N 94°54′50″E / 27.4886°N 94.9139°E
Affiliations	Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS),; Dibrugarh University,; Medical Council of India
Website	amch.edu.in

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Assam Medical College and hospital (AMCH), formerly Berry White Medical School,^[1] is an public medical school and hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was the first medical college in Assam and whole Northeastern India. It is the tertiary medical referral centre for upper Assam and areas in neighbouring states, including Arunachal Pradesh.The college has been ranked 62 in the list of government institutes.it has been rated AAA+ by the Medical Council of India with a score of 273.5.

The 450-acre (180 ha)^[2] college offers numerous facilities including indoor and outdoor sports facilities, canteens, ATMs, etc. The academic facilities include laboratories, libraries, wifi across the campus providing access to the internet facilities through PCs and laptops.

History[edit]

Front view of Assam Medical College and Hospital

The college was founded as Berry White Medical School in 1900 using a large donation from Sir John Berry White. The Assam government has preserved the original Berry White Medical School building.^[1]^[3] In 1910 the college imported two X-ray machines from England, which were the first in India, and opened the country's first radiology department.

On 12 February 2016, Union minister of health and family welfare laid the foundation of 192 bed super-special hospital with a 60-bed intensive care unit, a catheterization lab, and specialties in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic vascular surgery, nephrology and paediatrics.^[4]

Courses[edit]

The college provides undergraduate and post-graduate education in:

Medicine
Nursing
Midwifery
Pharmacy
Orthopaedics
Cardiology
Otorhinolaryngology
General surgery
Anatomy
Pathology
Biochemistry
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics
Microbiology
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Psychiatry
Dentistry
Neurology
Pharmacology
Forensics
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Plastic surgery
Radiology
Physiologyogy

Patient care[edit]

It runs outpatient departments in general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, dermatology, pulmonary medicine, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, dentistry, paediatrics, physiotherapy and psychiatry. Special outpatient departments for rheumatology, diabetes, neurology, nephrology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery, urology, cardiology, neurosurgery runs on specified days of week. Emergency services runs in casualty, paediatric medicine, obstetrics and psychiatry.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Dutta, Arup Kumar (25 June 2012). "An extraordinary pioneer". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
↑ "Campus size".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Patowary, Ajit (17 May 2012). "Plan to preserve Berry White Medical School building". The Assam Tribune Online. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
↑ Chakraborty, Avik (13 February 2016). "Stone laid for AMCH super-speciality block". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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[Telegraph-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Dutta, Arup Kumar (25 June 2012). "An extraordinary pioneer". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[2] "Campus size".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Patowary, Ajit (17 May 2012). "Plan to preserve Berry White Medical School building". The Assam Tribune Online. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[4] Chakraborty, Avik (13 February 2016). "Stone laid for AMCH super-speciality block". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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