Bangur Institute of Neurosciences

Bangur Institute of Neurosciences
Hospital within West Bengal state
Geography
Location Bhawanipur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Coordinates 22°32′16″N 88°20′26″E / 22.53779°N 88.34048°E / 22.53779; 88.34048Coordinates: 22°32′16″N 88°20′26″E / 22.53779°N 88.34048°E / 22.53779; 88.34048
Organisation
Funding Government hospital
Services
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Bangur Institute of Neurosciences,[lower-greek 1] 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 and functionally attached to IPGMER and SSKM Hospital.[1][2] The institute is affiliated to The West Bengal University of Health Science.[3]

This is a major government-sponsored neurological institute and a premier training center in the field of neurosciences of West Bengal,[4][5] and patients are regularly referred here from various hospitals of West Bengal and adjoining states.[6] This hospital's research activities include studies into strokes, cognitive neuroscience, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuromuscular (myasthenia), developmental disorders of the brain, Wilson's disease, electrophysiology, botulinium toxin, and neurogenetics.[7]

Controversies

Due to an inadequacy in the number of beds, patients have complained that even critical patients are often refused to be admitted.[8]

On 26 May 2011, Shyamapada Ghorai, 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 The Telegraph (Calcutta) on 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 – little has changed at the state-run hospital. Worse, advanced and critical surgeries, once performed by Ghorai, are now hardly conducted."[8]

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Sanjay Mandal (29 May 2011). "SSKM prop-up for Bangur institute". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "BIN". Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Sanjay Mandal (22 July 2012). "Bangur director seeks VRS". The Telegraph. Calcutta.
  5. ↑ Dr. Oksana Suchowersky. "Joint Indo-Canadian Conference in Kolkata, India". Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary. 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.
  6. ↑ "Bangur Neurscience Hospital". Sebabrati: 47. March 2010.
  7. ↑ "BIN report" (PDF). SSKM. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  8. 1 2 Sanjay Mandal (11 June 2012). "Time stands suspended at neuro hospital". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Sanjay Mandal (7 June 2011). "Boss is only change at BIN – Patients still turned away, two-month wait for an MRI". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  10. 1 2 Tamaghna Banerjee (27 May 2011). "Hospital head suspended". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 5 March 2013.
Notes
  1. ↑ Name according to IPGMER website
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