Silchar Medical College and Hospital

Silchar Medical College and Hospital
শিলচৰ চিকিৎসা মহাবিদ্যালয়
Motto	সর্বে সন্তু নিৰাময়া
Motto in English	May Everyone Be Disease Free
Type	Government tertiary care hospital
Established	1968; 58 years ago
Affiliation	Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, NMC
Principal	Dr. Bhaskar Gupta
Undergraduates	100 MBBS students
Postgraduates	97 MD/MS/Diploma students
Location	Ghungoor, Silchar, Assam, 788014, India
Campus	Suburban
Language	Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi
Acronym	SMC
email id	[email protected]
Website	www.smcassam.org
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Silchar Medical College and Hospital
Silchar Medical College and Hospital
	Entrance gate of Silchar Medical College
Geography
Location	Silchar, Cachar, Assam, India
Coordinates	24°46′33″N 92°47′41″E / 24.77583°N 92.79472°E
Organisation
Type	tertiary care
Affiliated university	Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, NMC
Services
Beds	806
History
Opened	1960 (66 years ago)
Links
Website	silchar-mch.assam.gov.in

Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), established in 1960, is a government-run medical and hospital located in Silchar, southern Assam.^[1] It is one of the oldest medical college of North East India. It is the only referral hospital in the southern part of Assam, and serves neighbouring states.^[2]

Inception and earlier years[edit | edit source]

In November 1959, the Chief Minister of Assam, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, called for a second medical hospital in Assam, following the opening of Assam Medical College in 1947. The committee decided two further schools were needed, leading to the Gauhati Medical College, and Silchar Medical College being formed simultaneously in August 1960.^[1]

In 1960, the college held its first preclinical classes in Ayurvedic College, while they awaited construction of a permanent campus. This was completed in August 1968. In 1971 the main hospital building was commissioned.^[1]

The Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized the MBBS degree in 1976.^[1]

In 2008 further PG courses were introduced in Radiology, Pathology, Anaesthesiology and Orthopaedics.^[1]

SMC at a glance[edit | edit source]

Year of establishment at its permanent site	1968
Year of recognition of MBBS course by MCI	1976
No. of students admitted annually in MBBS course	100
No. of students admitted annually in post-graduate courses	71
Current No. of students on Roll in MBBS course	386
Current No. of students on Roll in PG courses	122
Total No. of Teaching Staff	172
Total area of land (in bighas) of the SMC Campus	620

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Courses[edit | edit source]

Graduate education

Degree awarded: M.B.B.S.
Duration of the course: Five and a half years including one-year internship.

Postgraduate education

Courses: Degree (M.D. and M.S.) for three years; Diploma for two years.

Other courses

Diploma Courses in Pharmacy
GNM Course in Nursing
Laboratory Technician Course
Radiography Training
B.Sc. Nursing course

Departments[edit | edit source]

University of Affiliation:

Assam University, Silchar
Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences from 2010

Postgraduate education[edit | edit source]

The method of selection is entrance tests conducted by All India and state level selection bodies. Duration of postgraduate course: Degree three years; Diploma two years. For postgraduate (Degree) studies a thesis is compulsory.

Postgraduate Courses available are given below: