Assam Medical College

Assam Medical College, formerly Berry White Medical School,[1] is an educational institution in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was the first medical college in Northeastern India. It is the tertiary medical referral centre for upper Assam and areas in neighboring states, including Arunachal Pradesh.

Assam Medical College
TypePublic
Established3 November 1947 (1947-11-03)
PrincipalDr. Sanjeeb Kakati
Location
Barbari, Dibrugarh
,
India
AffiliationsSrimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS),
Dibrugarh University,
Medical Council of India
Websitewww.assammedicalcollege.in

History

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][2] 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-specialty hospital with a 60-bed intensive care unit, a catheterization lab, and specialties in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic vascular surgery, nephrology and paediatrics.[3]

Courses

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 gynecology, psychiatry, dentistry, neurology, pharmacology, forensics, anesthesiology, dermatology, plastic surgery, radiology, physiology, and psychology.

Patient care

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, cardiothoraic 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
  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. Patowary, Ajit (17 May 2012). "Plan to preserve Berry White Medical School building". The Assam Tribune Online. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. Chakraborty, Avik (13 February 2016). "Stone laid for AMCH super-speciality block". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.


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