ABOUT College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital Kolkata

Considering the acute shortage of doctors in the state, Government of West Bengal decided to start a new medical college with a capacity of 100 MBBS student, in a strategic location of Kamarhati, which is the gateway of North Kolkata. In 2010, the Government of West Bengal issued a memo in which a sanction was accorded to set up a medical college, with an intake of 100 MBBS students, in the campus of the Sagore Dutta State General Hospital.[6] After the inspection by MCI team in 2011, Letter of Permission was received by the Authority of College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital on 30th June, 2011. Classes for the first year MBBS course started on 1st August 2011. The college has received recognition for MBBS degree on February, 2016. The DMLT and DRD courses started in the Academic Year 2014, DPT, DOPT, DOTT and ECG courses started from 2015 and DCCT course was started from 2016. GNM Nursing school was started in the year 2017 with 60 intake of students per year which was increased to 100 in the year 2021. The Post Graduate courses in Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Ophthalmology were started in 2019, thus becoming the first college in West Bengal established after 2005 to provide Post Graduate courses within 3 years after getting first recognition. The number of UG (MBBS) seats was also increased from 100 to 125 students per year in 2019. The number of PG seats was also increased to 35 in 10 disciplines by 2020. This institution was selected for construction of a Tertiary Cancer Care Centre in this region in the year 2018 and the building is on the verge of completion and expected to be started at the end of this year. In 2020, though this institution served as a dedicated Covid-19 Hospital, it was also continued to render emergency services as well as services of G&O and Paediatrics Departments. In 2022, the College of Nursing with 100 students started its journey with this institution. At present (2022) there are yearly intake of 35 PG students in 10 disciplines, 125 UG students in MBBS course, 40 Paramedical students, 100 GNM students and 100 BSc Nursing students.