Jorhat Medical College and Hospital

Jorhat Medical College & Hospital (JMCH) is a medical college cum hospital and medical research public university based in Jorhat, Assam, India. This is the fourth medical college of the state and it provides the healthcare needs of more than 1.2 million population of the entire Jorhat district, the neighbouring districts of Golaghat, Sivasagar and Majuli as well as the patients of neighbouring states of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.[1] The college operates under the State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam.

Jorhat Medical College and Hospital
Mottoसर्वे सन्तु निरामया
Motto in English
May no one Suffer in any way
TypePublic
Established12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)
AffiliationSrimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Medical Council of India
PrincipalDr Ratna Talukdar
Undergraduates125 per year
Postgraduates45 per year
Location
Jorhat, Assam, India
Websitewww.jorhatmedicalcollege.in

History

The foundation stone of the fourth Medical college of Assam was laid by then prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 25 August 2008. On 12 October 2009, the then Honourable Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, inaugurated the Hospital wing of the Jorhat Medical College. It is said to be the best in Assam in terms of infrastructure and patient load as it is having a tremendous output following its inauguration in 2009.

Location and Transportation

Jorhat Medical College is situated about 3 km west from the heart of the Jorhat city. The college buses and auto rickshaws are available to the college. Jorhat is well connected by road, rail and airways. Luxury (AC/Non AC) day & night bus services is available from the capital city Guwahati to Jorhat, which takes 6 hours. The Jorhat Airport is located near the college which has direct flights to Guwahati, Kolkata and Delhi daily. Two major railway stations near the college are - Jorhat Town railway station and Mariani Junction.

Departments
The OPD of Jorhat Medical College Hospital
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Pathology
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Community Medicine
  • Medicine
  • TB & Chest
  • Dermatology
  • Psychiatry
  • Pediatrics
  • Surgery
  • Neurosurgery[2]
  • Orthopedics
  • ENT
  • Ophthalmology
  • O & G
  • Radiology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Dentistry
  • FSM

Courses

General Medicine 10 seats General Surgery 10 seats Orthopedics 8 seats Paediatrics 8 seats Radiology 5 seats Anaesthesia 10 seats Ent 5 seats Ophthalmology 5 seats

Other pg seats in Non clinical departments.

Library

Central Library

The central library of the college has more than 7000 books with 78 Indian and 65 foreign journals. apart from that it has 50 computers with internet facilities. t covers a floor area of 1650 sq.ft. The reading room of the library has the facility of 100 students as well as an extra reading room facility is also available with 100 seats.

Departmental library

By the efforts of the faculty members and teaching staff twenty-two departmental libraries were established for the benefit of the students and staff of each department.

Book Bank

The college also has the facility of a Book Bank for the benefit of the students. It is a provision for lending text books only to SC / ST & OBC students on merit basis.

See also

References
  1. "Overview: Brief history of Jorhat Medical College". Jorhat Medical College (Official Website). 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. "Long-felt need fulfilled, JMCH gets neurosurgery department". The Sentinel. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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