Calcutta National Medical College

Public medical college and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

Type| Public medical college and hospital
Established| 1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Principal| Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar Ray
Students|

* MBBS – 250
* MD+MS – 126
* DM – 4
* M.Ch – 3

Address|

32, Gorachand Road Beniapukur

Kolkata

700014

India

22°32′47″N 88°22′12″E﻿ / ﻿22.5464277°N 88.3698861°E﻿ / 22.5464277; 88.3698861
Campus| Urban
Affiliations| •WBUHS •NMC
Website| www.cnmckolkata.com

Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH), colloquially known as Chittaranjan Hospital, is a public medical college and hospital located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established by the amalgamation of the National Medical Institute and Calcutta Medical Institute.

## Establishment[edit]

The Calcutta National Medical College has its origin in the "National Medical Institute" or "Jatiya Ayurbigyan Vidyalaya" on 14 April 1921,[1] founded as a product of the Non-cooperation movement. It was inaugurated by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The College is locally known as Chittaranjan Hospital. Established in 1948, the institute was nationalized and taken under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal) in 1967. The college is accredited by the National Medical Commission (NMC). It was affiliated with the University of Calcutta till 2003. It is currently affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS). The founder principal of the college was Dr Sundari Mohan Das.[2]

Academic Section of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital

## Annual intake[edit]

* Paramedical – 73
* Undergraduate
* MBBS : 250
* Nursing : 50
* Post Graduate
* Degree : 122
* Diploma : 4
* Post Doctoral (Super-specialization) : 7[3]

## Departments[edit]

CNMC consists of following departments:[4]

### Pre-clinical[edit]

* Department of Anatomy
* Department of Physiology
* Department of Biochemistry

### Para-clinical[edit]

* Department of Pathology
* Department of Microbiology
* Department of Pharmacology
* Department of Forensic and State Medicine
* Department of Community Medicine/PSM

### Clinical[edit]

* Department of Ophthalmology
* Department of ENT/Otorhinolaryngology
* Department of General Surgery
* Department of Orthopaedics
* Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
* Department of General Medicine
* Department of Paediatrics
* Department of Dermatology
* Department of Pulmonary/Chest Medicine
* Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
* Department of Dentistry
* Department of Radiology
* Department of Radiotherapy
* Department of Psychiatry
* Department of Anaesthesiology
* Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
* Department of Paediatric Surgery
* Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
* Department of Neurosurgery
* Department of Urology
* Department of Neuro Medicine
* Department of Cardiology

## Hospital[edit]

Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) is popularly known as Chittaranjan Hospital. The second campus of CNMC previously Calcutta Pavlov Hospital houses the psychiatry department.[5] CNMC&H is one of the biggest government hospitals in West Bengal having extensive OPD, day care and indoor patient care services with more than 8,000 patients attending OPD every day. Total available bed strength is 1470. Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital ranked country’s best in maternity care and received the LaQshya Certificate from the Union health ministry, becoming the first medical institute in West Bengal to get it.[6][7]

Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Road-side View

## AGON – The annual cultural festival[edit]

AGON is the annual cultural festival of Calcutta National Medical College, organised by the CNMC Students' Union. AGON is reportedly the biggest medical college festival of Eastern India.[8] Since its inception in 1980 Agon has been one of the most sought after college festivals among the medical student fraternity in West Bengal.

* Prefest – Agon Prefest is held for 4–7 days prior to the main fest. Prefest events include: Intercollege Sports Tournament (cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, carrom and chess), Cinefest, Short-Film Festival, Solo and group creative events, CME (Continued medical education), Seminars, Dance workshop, Medical workshops, Blood donation camps, awareness campaigns etc.
* Fest – Following the traditions of the past four decades the main fest Agon is held for 4 days. It begins just after the prefest. Events include: Dance & Music contests, Battle of Band, Crime Scene Investigation, Treasure Hunt, Medi Quiz, General Quiz, Fandom Quizzes (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Friends, DC-Marvel), Stand-Up comedy, Drama competition, Street Play, X-Factor (Colors of Bengal), Paradox – The Fashion Show etc.

Among the major attractions of Agon are the 4 concert nights, which has regional artists, Bollywood celebrities, EDM concerts and DJ night. Agon has witnessed stellar performances from Amit Trivedi, Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK (singer), Mohit Chauhan, Mohammed Irfan (singer) , Shalmali Kholgade, Shraddha Pandit, Fossils (band), Euphoria (Indian band), Javed Ali, Neeraj Shridhar, Rupankar, Anupam Roy, Sidhhu, Pota etc.

The cultural festival embraces the likes of many famous celebrities of the country, drawing about 5000 footfalls a day. With more than 40 inter college events and competitions spanning for more than a week, the fest is graced by more than 3000 college students, post graduate trainees, resident doctors, alumni of the college and faculty members. Students from more than 60 schools and colleges from Kolkata as well as from other parts of Eastern India take part in the competitions and attend the concerts.[9] A number of social initiatives are undertaken by the Students' Union as part of the annual cultural festival AGON, which includes Blood donation camps, Thalassaemia screening camps, awareness campaigns etc.

Calcutta National Medical College Students’ Union presents AGON has their android based mobile app named CNMCH AGON, which is the first time in India, a college event have their own app for event management and registration purposes. This app is made by the students of this medical institute.[10]

## See also[edit]

* Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital
* List of hospitals in India

## References[edit]

1. ^ "History – CNMCH AGON". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
2. ^ "Calcutta National Medical Institute (Estd 1948): About us". cnmckolkata.in. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
3. ^ "Calcutta National Medical College: Gallery". cnmckolkata.in. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
4. ^ "CNMC departments".
5. ^ "CNMC bed strength".
6. ^ Yengkhom, Sumati (22 November 2020). "Kolkata: CNMC among country's best in maternity care". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
7. ^ "Page 1 – Sangbad Pratidin 21-11-20". Epaper Sangbad Pratidin. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
8. ^ "Agon". Archived from the original on 18 May 2017.
9. ^ "Agon2016".
10. ^ "CNMCH AGON – The annual cultural festival of CNMCH". Retrieved 26 March 2021.

## External links[edit]

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Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Medical colleges|

| Central|

* All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
* Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
* ESIC Medical College, Kolkata

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State|

* Bangur Institute of Neurosciences
* Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital
* Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital
* Burdwan Medical College and Hospital
* Calcutta National Medical College
* College of Medicine & JNM Hospital
* College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital
* Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
* Coochbehar Government Medical College and Hospital
* Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital
* Deben Mahata Government Medical College and Hospital
* Institute of Child Health, Kolkata
* IPGMER and SSKM Hospital
* Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital
* Jhargram Government Medical College and Hospital
* Malda Medical College and Hospital
* Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
* Midnapore Medical College and Hospital
* Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital
* Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital
* North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
* Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College and Hospital
* Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital
* Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital
* R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital
* Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital
* Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital

Private|

* Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital
* ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
* IQ City Medical College
* Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital
* JMN Medical College
* KPC Medical College and Hospital
* Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan and VIMS
* Santiniketan Medical College
* Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital

Dental colleges|

* Burdwan Dental College and Hospital
* Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital
* Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research
* Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research
* Kusum Devi Sunderlal Dugar Jain Dental College and Hospital
* North Bengal Dental College and Hospital

AYUSH colleges|

* Bengal Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
* Belley Sankarpur Rajib Gandhi Memorial Ayurvedic College and Hospital
* Birbhum Vivekananda Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Burdwan Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital
* D.N. De Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital
* Kharagpur Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
* Mahesh Bhattacharya Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
* Metropolitan Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Midnapore Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
* National Institute of Homoeopathy
* Netai Charan Chakravarty Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Pratap Chandra Memorial Homoeopathic Hospital & College
* Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
* Raghunath Ayurved Mahavidyalaya and Hospital

Pharmacy schools|

* Institute of Pharmacy, Jalpaiguri
* Haldia Institute of Pharmacy, Haldia
* Derozio Pharma Institute
* International Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research
* East West Education Institute, Purba Burdwan
* IQ City Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Rashbehari Pharmaceutical Institute, Purba Medinipur
* BCDA College of Pharmacy and Technology, Campus-2

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* ISNI

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