page_title: North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
hierarchical_section_title: North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: from terrace of anatomy department
context_page_description: North Bengal Medical College and Hospital is located in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and also the sole healthcare facility in the North Bengal region of West Bengal serving as a tertiary referral institute and has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the twelve government medical colleges in West Bengal and the largest in terms of area and patient influx. The hospital has a bed strength of 862 and caters to a large population of 15 million in North Bengal and many more from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, with a patient occupancy rate of 137%.
context_section_description: North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) (Bengali: উত্তরবঙ্গ মেডিকেল কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল) is located in Siliguri,West Bengal, India. It is the largest and also the sole healthcare facility in the North Bengal region of West Bengal serving as a tertiary referral institute and has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the twelve government medical colleges in West Bengal and the largest in terms of area and patient influx. The hospital has a bed strength of 862 and caters to a large population of 15 million in North Bengal and many more from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, with a patient occupancy rate of 137% (largest in entire Bengal). With the largest campus in entire West Bengal, it caters to the largest patient flow in entire Bengal mainly comprising patients from North Bengal, Bangladesh(Rangpur,Rajshahi,Mymensingh,Sylhet,Dhaka,Sirajganj), Nepal, Bhutan and the entire North East India.It has been recognised as a testing and treatment center for COVID-19 in North Bengal with NICED,Indian School of Tropical Medicine and Beliaghata ID & BG Hospital.The task force is expected to be led by Prof (Dr) Dipanjan Bandyopadhyay ,the Vice-President of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine and a faculty of medicine in aforesaid institution.
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