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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Medical college in Assam, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Assam Medical College and Hospital<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image = [[File:Assam_Medical_College_Logo.jpg|200px]]<br />
| former_name = Berry White Medical School (1900–1947)<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1900}}<br />
| founder = [[John Berry White]]<br />
| city = [[Barbari, Dibrugarh, Assam]]<br />
| country = India<br />
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|coordinates = {{Coord| 27.48756 | 94.94015 |type:edu_region:IN-AS|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| campus_type = Urban<br />
| campus_size = {{convert|450|acres}}<br />
| type = [[Government university|Government]] [[medical school]] and [[hospital]]<br />
| affiliations = [[Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences]]<br /> [[National Medical Commission|NMC]]<br />
| principal = Dr. Sanjeeb Kakati<br />
| website = {{URL|https://amch-dibrugarh.assam.gov.in/}}<br />
| other_name = AMCH<br />
}}<br />
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'''Assam Medical College and Hospital''' ('''AMCH'''), formerly Berry White Medical School,<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Arup Kumar |title = An extraordinary pioneer|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120625/jsp/northeast/story_15653832.jsp#.Vi4QObcrLIU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210313/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120625/jsp/northeast/story_15653832.jsp |date=25 June 2012 |archive-date=13 August 2018 |website = The Telegraph|access-date = 19 August 2020 |url-status= dead}}</ref> is a [[Public university|government]] [[medical school]] and hospital in [[Dibrugarh, Assam]], India. It was the first medical college in Assam and the whole of [[Northeastern India|Northeast India]]. It is the tertiary medical referral centre for [[upper Assam]] and areas in neighbouring states, including [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. The college has been ranked 62 in the list of government institutes. It has been rated "AAA+" by the [[National Medical Commission]] with a score of 273.5.<br />
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The {{convert|450|acre|adj=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus size|url=https://collegedunia.com/college/10275-assam-medical-college-dibrugarh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316180816/http://collegedunia.com/college/10275-assam-medical-college-dibrugarh |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> college offers numerous facilities including sports facilities, canteens, ATMs, and more. The academic facilities include laboratories, libraries, Wi-Fi across the campus, providing internet access through PCs and laptops.<br />
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The college offers admission to 200 students each year from 2019. Before 2019, it offered admission to 170 students each year. <ref name="seats_in_amch">{{cite web |url=https://dme.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/dme_lipl_in_oid_8/menu/information_and_services/1.%20MBBS%20Course_0.pdf |title=MBBS Course Information – Assam Medical College |publisher=Directorate of Medical Education, Assam |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Bust of John Berry White at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh (cropped).jpg|thumb|John Berry White who founded Berry White Medical School in 1900.]]<br />
The college was founded as Berry White Medical School in 1900 with a large donation from Sir [[John Berry White]]. It was renamed Assam Medical College and Hospital on 3 November 1947. 3 November is celebrated as Foundation Day every year by students of the college. The Assam government has preserved the original Berry White Medical School building in Grahambazar, Dibrugarh.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Patowary |first1=Ajit |title=Plan to preserve Berry White Medical School building |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1712/at08 |website=The Assam Tribune Online |access-date=19 August 2020 |date=17 May 2012 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145026/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1712%2Fat08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1910 the college imported two X-ray machines from England, which were the first in India, and opened the country's first radiology department.<br />
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On 12 February 2016, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare laid the foundation of a 192-bed super-specialty hospital with a 60-bed intensive care unit, a catheterization lab, and specialties in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic vascular surgery, nephrology, and paediatrics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Avik |title=Stone laid for AMCH super-speciality block |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/stone-laid-for-amch-super-speciality-block/cid/1531090 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |access-date=19 August 2020 |date=13 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Courses ==<br />
[[File:Basic Science Building of AMCH.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basic Science Building]]<br />
The college provides undergraduate and post-graduate education in:<br />
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* [[Community Medicine]]<br />
* [[Medicine]]<br />
* [[Nursing]]<br />
* [[Midwifery]]<br />
* [[Pharmacy]]<br />
* [[Orthopaedics]]<br />
* [[Cardiology]]<br />
* [[Otorhinolaryngology]]<br />
* [[General surgery]]<br />
* [[Anatomy]]<br />
* [[Physiology]]<br />
* [[Pathology]]<br />
* [[Biochemistry]]<br />
* [[Ophthalmology]]<br />
* [[Pediatrics]]<br />
* [[Microbiology]]<br />
* [[Obstetrics]] and [[Gynaecology]]<br />
* [[Psychiatry]]<br />
* [[Dentistry]]<br />
* [[Neurology]]<br />
* [[Pharmacology]]<br />
* [[Forensics]]<br />
* [[Anesthesiology]]<br />
* [[Dermatology]]<br />
* [[Plastic Surgery]]<br />
* [[Radiology]]<br />
* [[Physiotherapy]]<br />
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==Patient care==<br />
It runs outpatient departments in general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT, head & neck surgery, dermatology, pulmonary medicine, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, dentistry, paediatrics, physiotherapy and psychiatry. Special outpatient departments for rheumatology, diabetes, neurology, nephrology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery, urology, cardiology, neurosurgery run on specified days of the week. Emergency services run in casualty, paediatric medicine, obstetrics and psychiatry.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}<br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
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*[[Talimeren Ao]]<br />
*[[Bhumidhar Barman]]<br />
*[[Rathin Datta]]<br />
*[[Upendra Devkota]]<br />
*[[Jitendra Nath Gohain]]<br />
*[[T. M. Lotha]]<br />
*[[Ashis Roy]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://assammedicalcollege.in Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128232228/http://assammedicalcollege.in/ |date=28 January 2012 }}<br />
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