Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital

Tripura Medical College & Dr BRAM Teaching Hospital
TypeMedical College
Established2006
AffiliationTripura Central University
Academic affiliations
Tripura University
PrincipalDr. Arindam Dutta, MD (Gen. Medicine)
Administrative staff
132[citation needed]
Undergraduates100 intake/year[citation needed]
Location
Agartala
,
Tripura
,
India

23°47′06″N 91°15′32″E / 23.785°N 91.259°E / 23.785; 91.259
Websitewww.tmc.nic.in
Main Building

Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital or TMC is a Government Medical College (run privately by a governmental society, SFTMC: Society For TMC). The society was formed by Tripura government. TMC is located in the capital town of Tripura, Agartala, India. The college operates the hospital known as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital (previously district hospital.) within the campus. [1][2][3] The campus is located at Hapania under Bishalgarh sub-division of west Tripura district.[4]

Facade of the main building

History

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The college was established in 2005 by the Government of Tripura and Global Educational Net (GENET) in a Public-Private Partnership, the first venture of its kind in India. But it received its first MCI permission for admission of students into M.B.B.S. course in 2006. However, during the month of April–May 2009, due to some reasons the GENET expressed their inability to run the institution any further. At that time 200 students were pursuing the M.B.B.S course from there. So, the Government of Tripura decided to run the college through a society and registered a society in the name and style of " Society for Tripura Medical College" on 23 May 2009.[5]

View outside Class

Campus

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The college is spread over an area of 31 acres (approx.). The college has a 600-bed hospital with various facilities like NICU, PICU, ICU, ICCU, and Burn Unit, Blood-bank. It has a 24-hour emergency service. The academic building is complete with all the Pre-clinical and Para-clinical departments with well-equipped laboratory and departmental museums and the Principals Office and the Central Library. There are many other buildings coming up in the campus like the new OPD block with all modern facilities and expectedly the first of its kind in North-east India, the auditorium building is noteworthy.

Organisation and administration

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Departments

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The college has the following departments

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Pathology
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Community Medicine
  • ENT
  • Ophthalmology
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Anesthesiology
  • Radiodiagnosis
  • Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases (Chest Medicine)
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology, STD & Leprosy
  • Orthopaedics & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation


Tripura Medical College interns imparting health education to rural people

Super Specialty Departments

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The college runs various Super Specialty departments like

  • Endocrinology,
  • Neurology,
  • Neurosurgery,
  • Urology and
  • Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery.

Academics

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Admission

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The college has an annual intake of 100 students for the MBBS course out of which 20 seats are reserved for All India Quota NEET National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate).

Affiliation

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The college is affiliated to Tripura University, a central university. The college is recognized by the National Medical Commission and Government of India and the college is also enlisted in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

Post-Graduation

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The college has started post-graduation courses (MD/MS) permitted u/s 10A of the IMC Act’1956 from 2013 to 2014 academic year in the following departments

Pharmacology (MD) 01 (one). Pathology (MD) 01 (one). General Medicine (MD) 02 (two). E.N.T (MS) 01 (one).

Student life

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There are a lot of plantations which make the campus a green hub. The present student body has students from all over the country which adds the cosmopolitan flavor to it. There are various activities going on always in the campus which add life to it. The students of TMC organize an annual fest "Neuron" which in itself is a trend-setter for the region. The students also organize blood donation camps. The students also organize various health awareness camps among the rural population around the college. The students have made remarkable achievements by securing the first and many other positions on a number of occasions in various phases of MBBS examination conducted by the Tripura University.

References

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  1. ^ "IMED — FAIMER International Medical Education Directory — School Details". Imed.faimer.org. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ "View details of college — Tripura Medical College and Dr. B R A M Teaching Hospital, Agartala". Mciindia.org. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Tripura Medical College". Tmc.nic.in. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Tripura University telephone number, email address and website". Indiastudychannel.com. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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