In a dramatic incident today, a group of frustrated patients and their relatives stormed the office of the medical superintendent and vice principal (MSVP) at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H).
A five-member disciplinary action committee (DAC) at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) has recommended stringent actions against 12 individuals, including senior officials, house staff, postgraduate trainees and other students
The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) and a group of junior doctors affiliated with AIDSO served a deputation to the principal of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) today, demanding the transfer of the head of the department of forensic medicine.
In the wake of the recent rape and murder of a female intern at R.G. Kar Medical College, security has been heightened across the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) campus.
Anandamay Barman, Member of Legislative Assembly from Matigara Naxalbari in Siliguri , has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to speed up the opening of the Super Specialty block at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital NBMC&H).
A nine-month-old baby from Birpara in Alipurduar district, who had been admitted in the NBMCH yesterday, had been suffering from severe pneumonia and low birth weight, the sources said.
Earlier, three children suffering from fever and respiratory infection had died there in the past four days-a three-month-old baby girl, who had been referred from the Kharibari hospital died on 22 September, while a four-month-old girl of Pradhannagar died on 23 September.
"The teenager earlier was admitted to other hospitals due to his chronic illness. His intestines have come out of his abdomen and we were planning to restore them through surgery, but as he has also been suffering from malnutrition, the doctors were taking time for the surgery,"
Doctors said it would be a major boost for the treatment of cancer patients of north Bengal. They said more government-run facilities are needed for cancer treatment. Another cancer hospital in the state will come up at the SSKM in association with the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, it is learnt.
Apart from Covid-19 vaccination, other vaccines for diseases like Japanese Encephalitis, yellow fever, tetanus-diphtheria are also administered at the NBMCH. Some recipients of Covid19 vaccines have reported AEFI and at least two persons died in north Bengal after getting the shots in March.
