Silchar Medical College and Hospital

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Silchar Medical College and Hospital
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Entrance gate of Silchar Medical College
Silchar Medical College and Hospital
Geography
Location Silchar, Cachar, Assam, India
Coordinates 24°46′33″N92°47′41″E / 24.77583°N 92.79472°E / 24.77583; 92.79472
Organisation
Type tertiary care
Affiliated university Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences
Services
Beds806
History
Opened1968(56 years ago) (1968)
Links
Website smcassam.org

Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), established in 1968, is a government-run medical college cum hospital located in Silchar in southern Assam, one of the oldest medical college of North East India. It is the only referral hospital in the southern part of Assam, also referred to as the Barak Valley, and serves neighbouring states including Mizoram, North Tripura, West Manipur and South Meghalaya.

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Inception and earlier years

Before Indian independence, people from Assam and other North Eastern states had to go to other states for medical education and advanced medical treatment. John Berry White, MRCS, a British surgeon of the East India Company, started health education and healthcare in Assam. He established the Berry White Medical School at Dibrugarh, Assam in 1898–99 with a donation of Rs. 50,000 — a large sum at the time. In course of time this medical school was upgraded and on 3 November 1947 the Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh was established and it stands as the first medical college in Assam.

While the other states had several medical colleges, Assam remained with only one. The state government in 1959, headed by the Chief Minister of Assam, B. P. Chaliha, Finance Minister Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, and Health Minister Rupram Brahma decided to have a second medical college in Assam.

On 7 November 1959, the state government set up an expert committee to look into the matter and submit their report. The committee members visited parts of the state, held consultations with the public, and ultimately recommended Gauhati (now Guwahati) which is the gateway of Assam, as the most suitable location. The committee also recommended a third medical college in the Barak valley at Silchar, and a fourth at Tezpur on the north bank of Brahmaputra river. The Gauhati Medical College at Guwahati and the Silchar Medical College at Ghungoor, Silchar were set up.

The Silchar Medical College was inaugurated at its permanent campus on 15 August 1968. The admission to the MBBS course was 50 students annually. Prof. Rudra Goswami took charge as the first principal of the Silchar Medical College on 1 August 1968.

The professional courses started in the Boys’ Hostel No-II in a makeshift manner and the Civil Hospital, Silchar was taken over as its hospital in 1971. In 1977-78 the main hospital building complex was commissioned.

In 1985 postgraduate courses were introduced in five clinical subjects:

  1. General Medicine
  2. General Surgery
  3. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  4. Ophthalmology
  5. Otorhinolaryngology

The annual admission capacity in MBBS course was raised from 50 to 65 students in the same year.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) recognized the MBBS degree in 1976.

2008 saw introduction of PG courses in four more subjects: Radiology, Pathology, Anaesthesiology and Orthopaedics. At the same time government of Assam decided to increase the undergraduate seats from 65 to 100.

SMC at a glance

Silchar Medical College and Hospital
শিলচর চিকিৎসা মহাবিদ্যালয়
Mottoসর্বে সন্তু নিরাময়াঃ
Motto in English
May Everyone Be Disease Free
Type tertiary care hospital, under Govt. of Assam
Established1968
Affiliation Assam University till 2010, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Recognised by the Medical Council of India
Superintendent Dr. Abhijeet Swami
Principal Dr. Babul Kr. Bezbaruah
Undergraduates 100 MBBS students
Postgraduates 97 MD/MS/Diploma students
Location, ,
788014
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Campus Suburban
Language Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi
AcronymSMC
email idsmc-asm@nic.in
Website www.smcassam.org
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Location in Assam
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Silchar Medical College and Hospital (India)
Year of establishment at its permanent site1968
Year of recognition of MBBS course by MCI1976
No. of students admitted annually in MBBS course100
No. of students admitted annually in post-graduate courses71
Current No. of students on Roll in MBBS course386
Current No. of students on Roll in PG courses122
Total No. of Teaching Staff172
Total area of land (in bighas) of the SMC Campus620

Courses

Graduate education

Postgraduate education

Other courses

Departments

University of Affiliation:

Postgraduate education

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:

SMC Students' Union

The Silchar Medical College Students Union was formed, holding annual elections to an Executive Committee.

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