Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital is a private (150 seats) medical college located in Durgapur, West Bengal. It was established in 2019.
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 2019 |
| Affiliation | West Bengal University of Health Sciences |
| Principal | Dr. Rajarshi Hazra |
| Students | MBBS - 150 |
| Address | Kanksa , , 713212 , India 23°34′25″N 87°24′16″E / 23.5736°N 87.4044°E |
| Website | srims |
About the college
The institute offers undergraduate seats for MBBS (150 seats) which are recognised by the Medical Council of India.[1][2] This medical college also has a 385-bedded functional hospital which would be upgraded to 750 bedded within 5 years, named Sanaka Hospital, with facilities consisting of minor and major O.T., PICU, NICU, ICCU and ICU. It has got MCI permission to start its MBBS course in 2019. This medical college has its own nursing and paramedical college also.
In 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Sanaka hospital was converted into a COVID hospital by the government of West Bengal and the nodal center for 5 districts namely Paschim Burdwan, purba Burdwan, Bishnupur, Purulia, Bankura. It has treated many COVID patients and played a pivotal role in suppression of the pandemic in South Bengal.[citation needed] AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has recommended ICMR for permitting this college to start COVID-19 testing and it has got NABH accreditation and ICMR permission for covid testing in its own laboratory. It already dedicated 400 bed to government patients for free treatment and has 76 ccu dedicated to covid patients.[citation needed]
Outpatient Department doctor consultation fees in this medical college hospital is only Rs 50. It has a 250-seat examination hall in its college building. It also has dialysis facility inside the seven storey hospital. It is locally known as sanaka medical college.
It is one of the 23 medical colleges teaching MBBS in West Bengal. Its first MBBS batch will graduate in 2025.
Department include:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Pathology
- Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Community Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Orthopaedic
- ENT
- Ophthalmology
- Radiology
It contains one super speciality department:
- Nephrology