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| Assam Medical College Hospital |
Assam Medical College (AMC) in Dibrugarh, Assam, is the oldest hospital of the North-East India. It was established on 3rd November 1947. It was formerly known as Berry White Medical School, named after Dr. John Berry White, the great visionary of modern medical education in Assam.
Dr.White was a British surgeon who came to Assam in 1858 to work under the erstwhile East India Company during the British rule of India. He served in upper Assam for long 24 years in different capacities and left his foot prints in all spheres of developmental activities of this region. He had also contributed towards the Tea, coal and oil industries and establishment of rail and Road communications in Assam.
Assam Medical College is the most remarkable contribution of Dr. White. The "Berry White Medical School" at Graham Bazar, Dibrugarh, which was established through a legacy personal contribution of Rs. 50,000 at that time, left behind by him after his retirement as civil surgeon of Lakhimpur District in 1882. The establishment of the Berry White Medical School in 1900 A.D., not only heralded the beginning of Allopathic Medical Education in Assam, but also formed the nidus for the subsequent establishment of the Assam Medical College in 1947, through a process of up-gradation. Dr. White died in London on 19th November 1896, four years before the establishment of his dream school at Dibrugarh.
Facts
✔️ Dr. John Berry White donated his lifetime earnings of Rs 50,000 ($800 approx) for the establishment of Dr. John Berry White Medical School in 1901.✔️ In 1938 Licentiate Medical Practitioner upgraded it to a full fledged medical College and named in Assam Medical College (AMC).
✔️ AMC was formally inaugurated by the first Chief Minister of Assam, Late Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi on Nov 3, 1947.
✔️ Dr. Hem Chandra Baruah was the first Principal of Assam Medical College.
✔️ The admission of the first batch with 12 students was completed in September 1947.
✔️ The first batch of the Assam Medical College graduated in 1952.
✔️ AMC is the first medical college in India to have a Radiology department with X-Ray machines imported from England in 1910.
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| Original complex of Assam Medical College |
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