Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College
Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical
College is a
government-run medical college in Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha.
It
is the premier medical institution in Odisha and one of the oldest centers of
medical teaching and training in India. It is located near Mangalabag area in
the heart of the city Cuttack with a sprawling campus of 87.32
acres (353,400 m2). It has been recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI) as an ideal undergraduate
institution facilitating education and training in super specialty subjects
under medical and surgical disciplines.
The evolution of this institution
dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. It took its birth as a small dispensary as First Aid
Centre in the premises
of the present medical college during the days of Maharatta rule in the later
half of the eighteenth century. The sole purpose of that dispensary was to
render whatever little medical assistance was available and feasible to the
sick pilgrims en route to and from Puri, especially during the "Car
Festival" of Lord Jagannath.
The
college was established on June 1, 1944 with a capacity of 22 students in the MBBS degree
course. It was named in 1951 after the late Maharaja of Mayurbhanj “Maharaja
Sriram Chandra Bhanj”. The college received recognition for MBBS degree from Medical Council of India in 1952 with retrospective
effect. Postgraduate courses in M.D./M.S. specialties were started in 1960.
Since 1981, post-doctoral training leading to the award of
D.M. and M.Ch. degrees have been instituted in the disciplines of Cardiology and Neurosurgery respectively.
SCB Medical College provides
degree courses for MBBS, MD, MS, DM, MCh and diploma courses. Presently, its
intake for MBBS courses is 150 and for postgraduate courses it is approximately
150. A dental wing in the
college campus imparts B.D.S. degrees under Utkal
University. At present this college extends facility
for postgraduate training in all the 21 broad specialties.
Undergraduate
courses
The college offers the
four-and-a-half-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating
internship in affiliated hospitals. There are 150 seats, of which 85%
admissions are through the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) at the state level and 15% through AIPMT at the national level. Admission is extremely competitive.
Post
graduate courses
The college offers more than
150 seats in post graduate courses. The admission is through Odisha Post
Graduate medical Examination (50%) and at the national level through AIPGMEE/
All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination
MD
·
General Medicine
·
Obstetrics and Gynecology
·
Pediatrics
·
Pulmonary medicine
·
Skin & V.D.
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Radiology
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Anaesthesiology
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Forensic Medicine
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Pathology
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Microbiology
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Pharmacology
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Biochemistry
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Physiology
·
Community Medicine
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Radiotherapy
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Psychiatry
MS
·
Surgery
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Orthopaedics
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Otorhinolaryngology
·
Anatomy
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Ophthalmology
Paramedical courses
·
Medical Laboratory Technology
·
Radiographer
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Ophthalmic Assistant
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Pharmacy
·
Midwifery
Diploma
courses
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Medical Laboratory technology
·
Medical Radiology Technology
Superspeciality
courses
D.M.
·
Cardiology
·
Gastroenterology
M.Ch.
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Neurosurgery
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Plastic Surgery
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Pediatric Surgery
Other super specialty disciplines
like Neurology, Nephrology clinical Hematology, Endocrinology,Gastroenterology, Radiotherapy, Urology, Plastic
Surgery, Hepatology, Experimental
Surgery,Urology, Geriatrics, clinical
immunology, Gynecology
Oncology, Head
and Neck Oncology, medical
oncology, Nuclear
Medicine, Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Diabetic
Foot Surgery, Onco-Pathalogy, spinal
injury, Surgical
Gastroenterology, Surgical
Oncology and Cardiothoracic
surgery are also available. Recently, Open heart surgery and Vascular
surgery have been performed in the department of cardiothoracic
surgery by a team of specially trained doctors with great success, which
heralds a bright future and new hope for the poorer regional patients
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