Tag: NBMCH

Neglect slur on NBMCH after baby dies

The death of a 23-day old child due to alleged medical negligence has prompted North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) authorities to form an inquiry committee. A resident of Patharghata under the Matigara police station, Rinku Singha (Roy), had admitted her daughter Shreya Roy in the NBMCH with high fever on Tuesday afternoon. She...

March 9, 2018

Green, white are passé; pink, blue, yellow to replace hospital sheets

The bland run-of-the-mill white and green sheets will soon go off government hospitals here. The Darjeeling district health department has started the process to use multi-coloured bed sheets for different days a week at all state-run health facilities. The move follows directives issued by the health and family welfare department, while the initiative is part...

February 15, 2018

NBMCH seeks to boost security

The incident on 24 January when a CRPF man allegedly molested a minor girl in public and in broad daylight has triggered concerns over the security of patients and their relatives at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) here. NBMCH authorities, however, said that steps are being taken to revamp the security system....

January 31, 2018

Copies, textbook found in NBMCH toilet raises eyebrows

As a team of the Medical Council of India (MCI) visited the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) to inspect the infrastructure for the MBBS course, and as some exams for MBBS students are ongoing there, some photocopies of notes and textbooks were found in the men’s toilet near the examination hall. The find...

January 30, 2018

MCI team to visit NBMCH for MBBS seats

A team from the Medical Council of India (MCI) is likely to visit the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) here between 29 January and 9 February to inspect the infrastructure for the MBBS course imparted there, so that it can decide on the 150 seats for new admissions for the academic session 2018-2019....

January 25, 2018