Bangur Institute of Neurosciences,[α] also known as the Bangur Institute of Neurology and abbreviated BIN, is a government-run apex superspeciality institute/hospital located at 52/1A, Sambhu Nath Pandit Street, Bhawanipur, Kolkata, West Bengal. The institute is adjacent to and functionally attached to IPGMER and SSKM Hospital.[1][2] The institute is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Science.[3]
| Bangur Institute of Neurosciences | |
|---|---|
| IPGMER and SSKM Hospital | |
  Hospital within West Bengal state | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates | 22°32′16″N 88°20′26″E / 22.53779°N 88.34048°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Affiliated university | WBUHS |
| Services | |
| History | |
| Opened | 10 June 1962 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
This is a government-sponsored neurological institute and a training centre in the field of neuroscience in West Bengal.[4][5] Patients are regularly referred here from various hospitals in West Bengal and adjoining states.[6] This hospital's research activities include studies into strokes, cognitive neuroscience, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuromuscular conditions (myasthenia), developmental disorders of the brain, Wilson's disease, electrophysiology, botulinium toxin, and neurogenetics.[7]
Controversies
editDue to an inadequacy in the number of beds, patients have complained that even critical patients are often refused admission.[8]
On 26 May 2011, Shyamapada Gorai, then director of BIN was suspended with charges of misconduct, insubordination and non-co-operation.[9][10] This was one of the first administrative actions taken by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.[10] Even after the surprise visit of the Chief Minister, the situation did not improve. According to a report published in The Telegraph (Calcutta) in June 2012, "A year and a fortnight after chief minister Mamata Banerjee suspended Shyamapada Ghorai from the post of Bangur Institute of Neuroscience (BIN) director – one of her first administrative actions since assuming office."[8]
References
edit- Citations
- ^ Sanjay Mandal (29 May 2011). "SSKM prop-up for Bangur institute". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Debasis Konar (27 May 2011). "Dr S K Ghorai, director of Bangur Institute of Neurosciences was suspended on Thursday evening for insubordination and negligence of duty". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "BIN". Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Sanjay Mandal (22 July 2012). "Bangur director seeks VRS". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012.
- ^ Dr. Oksana Suchowersky. "Joint Indo-Canadian Conference in Kolkata, India". Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
The Bangur Institute is the premier training center and hospital in neurosciences for West Bengal and surrounding area, which includes 300 million people.
- ^ "Bangur Neuroscience Hospital". Sebabrati: 47. March 2010.
- ^ "BIN report" (PDF). SSKM. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ a b Sanjay Mandal (11 June 2012). "Time stands suspended at neuro hospital". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Sanjay Mandal (7 June 2011). "Boss is only change at BIN – Patients still turned away, two-month wait for an MRI". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b Tamaghna Banerjee (27 May 2011). "Hospital head suspended". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- Notes
- ^ Name according to IPGMER website