Dr B C Roy Institute of Medical Sciences & Research
Dr B C Roy Institute of Medical Sciences & Research is a medical school and research institute at Balarampur,[1] 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 equipted with state-of-the art research facilities like Telemedicine, Tissue engineering, Bioelectronics etc. and expand to 750 bed capacity later.[2] 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.[3][4]
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| Type | Medical College and Hospital |
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| Established | 2018 |
Parent institution | IIT Kharagpur |
| Address | Balarampur , , , 721306 , India 22°18′36″N 87°19′40″E / 22.3099132°N 87.3277079°ECoordinates: 22°18′36″N 87°19′40″E / 22.3099132°N 87.3277079°E |
| Campus | Urban 18 acres (0.073 km2)[1] |
As per IIT Kharagpur, in the phase – I, the 400-Bed Super-Speciality hospital will be begin its journey by end of 2019.[5] The graduate and postgraduate medical courses are expected to start in the academic year 2021–22.[6]
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.[6]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IIT hospital to start by end of 2018". The Telegraph. 5 January 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.