Tripura Medical College and Dr. B R A M Teaching Hospital, Agartala

Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital or TMC is a State Government Medical College (run by government's society SFTMC " Society For TMC"). The society was formed by Tripura government. TMC is located in the capital town of Tripura, Agartala, India. The college operates the hospital known as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital (previously district hospital.) within the campus.TMC&DrBRAM hospital is one of the best medical college cum hospital in the NE India. The campus is located at Hapania under Bishalgarh sub-division of west Tripura district.

History

The college was established in 2005 by the Government of Tripura and Global Educational Net (GENET) in a Public-Private Partnership, the first venture of its kind in India. But it received its first MCI permission for admission of students into M.B;B.S. course in 2006. However, during the month of April–May 2009, due to some reasons the GENET expressed their inability to run the institution any further. At that time 200 students were pursuing the M.B.B.S course from there. So the Government of Tripura decided to run the college through a society and registered a society in the name and style of " Society for Tripura Medical College" on 23 May 2009. 

Campus

The college is spread over an area of 31 acres (approx.). The college has a 600-bed hospital with various facilities like NICU, PICU, ICU, ICCU, and Burn Unit, Blood-bank. It has a 24-hour emergency service. The academic building is complete with all the Pre-clinical and Para-clinical departments with well-equipped laboratory and departmental museums and the Principals Office and the Central Library. There are many other buildings coming up in the campus like the new OPD block with all modern facilities and expectedly the first of its kind in North-east India, the auditorium building is noteworthy.

Organisation and administration

Departments

The college has the following departments

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Pathology
• Microbiology
• Pharmacology
• Forensic Medicine
• Community Medicine
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• Medicine
• Surgery
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Anaesthesiology
• Radiodiagnosis
• Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases (Chest Medicine)
• Dentistry
• Dermatology, STD & Leprosy
• Orthopaedics & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Super Specialty Departments

The college runs various Super Specialty departments like

• Neurology,
• Neuro-surgery,
• Urology and
• Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery.

Academics

Admission

The college has an annual intake of 100 students for the MBBS course out of which 20 seats are reserved for All India Quota NEET National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate).

Affiliation

The college is affiliated to Tripura University, a central university. The college is recognized by the Medical Council of India and Government of India and the college is also enlisted in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

Post Graduation

The college has started post graduation courses(MD/MS) permitted u/s 10A of the IMC Act’1956 from 2013 to 2014 academic year in the following departments

Pharmacology (MD) 01 (one) .Pathology (MD) 01 (one) .General Medicine (MD) 02 (two) .E.N.T (MS) 01 (one).

Student life

There are a lot of plantations which make the campus a green hub. The present student body has students from all over the country which adds the cosmopolitan flavor to it. There are various activities going on always in the campus which add life to it. The students of TMC organize an annual fest "Neuron" which in itself is a trend-setter for the region. The students also organize blood donation camps. The students also organize various health awareness camps among the rural population around the college. The students have made remarkable achievements by securing the first and many other positions on a number of occasions in various phases of MBBS examination conducted by the Tripura University.

The Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital is situated at Hapania, West Tripura, which was once a small village and is about 7 KM away from Agartala. The area is now included under the Agartala Municipal Corporation.

Initially, there was a State level Hospital here. Later, the State Government decided to establish a Medical College taking the said Hospital as Teaching Hospital and accordingly in the year 2005, on the approach of the State Government, the Global Educational Net (GENET) came forward and established a Medical College in PPP Model with intake capacity of 100 students in 1st year MBBS course with teaching hospital of 300 beds. The State Government provided GENET 25 acres of land and also allowed GENET to utilize existing State hospital as its teaching hospital.

Thus the medical establishment was set up with three institutions viz. Tripura Medical College (TMC), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital (BRAM Teaching Hospital) and Tripura College of Nursing (TCN) and run as privately managed institutions on Public-Private Partnership Model by an agreement between the State Govt. and GENET, a company incorporated under the Companies Act.

But due to the reasons best known to them, GENET suddenly withdrew from the deal after few years and consequent to that, the State Government had no other alternative but to handover the management of the institutions to a Society named \93Society for Tripura Medical College & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital\94 (registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860) with effect from 23-5-2009 after rescinding all Agreements with the GENET authority by the State Government. Thereafter, the MCI has given recognition of the College for 5 (five) years in the year 2011 with intake capacity of 100 MBBS students. The next MCI inspection is expected in the year 2016.

Recent Development

Subsequently, after certain years of management by the Society, the status of the institutions was called into question in the High Court of Tripura in W P (C)(PIL) 03 of 2014 and by the judgment and order dated 30-4-2015 the High Court of Tripura declared the institution as State Controlled, not private institutions. Appreciating the stand of the State Govt. that it was not in a position to take the financial burden of running another Medical College in the State, the High Court directed the State Govt. to re-constitute the Society with majority private members who do not hold any official position under the Government and then handover management of institutions to the Society to make the status of the institutions as privately managed one.

Reconstituted Society

Accordingly, in terms of the above directions of the High Court, the Society has been re-constituted and the re-constituted Society has agreed with the State Government to take over management of the institutions and run the same as privately managed Institutions;vide order of Government of Tripura No.F.2-6770/RS/TRIP/COOP/2009/7381-82 dated 10-07-2015. The Society has been re-constituted on 10th May,2018;vide order of Government of Tripura No.F.3(2-304)-PLAN/DHS/2009-10.

The present Society manages its activities through different bodies constituted as under:

The Governing Body is the decision making level for proper running and development of the Institutions and is headed by the Chairman of the SFTMC. The Chief Executive Officer is the Member-Secretary with other members.

The Executive Committee headed by the Chairman of SFTMC is entrusted with management, control, supervision and day to day work of TMC & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital and Tripura College of Nursing and is headed by Chairman, SFTMC. The Chief Executive Officer is the Member-Convener with other members.

The Chief Executive Officer is looking after the day to day administrative management of the institutions under the Society.

The Principal, TMC & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital & one of the members of the Governing Body and Executive Committee, is entrusted with day to day Academic Activities. He is assisted by the Teachers\92 Council if the College.

Present Status of the Institutions

The Society for Tripura Medical College & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital manages the activities of 3 (three) Institutions viz. (1) Tripura Medical College, (2) Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, (3) Tripura College of Nursing.

Name of the members of the Society for TMC & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital:

•  Dr. Atul Debbarma, Honourble Chairman,Society for TMC &Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital.
• The Secretary,Health Department, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC).
• The Secretary, LAW & LR Department, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC).
•  The Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC).
•  The Director of Medical Education, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC).
• The Director of Health Services, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC).
•  Mr. Swapan Saha, Chief Executive Officer (Member of Secretary of the Society for TMC).
•  Prof. Asiruddin Ahmed, Principal, TMC , Member of the Society for TMC.
• Dr. Promotesh Roy , Member of the Society for TMC.
• Dr. Bijoy Paul ,Member of the Society for TMC.
•  Dr. Pradip Basak ,Member of the Society for TMC.

Name of the members of the Governing body of the Society:

•  Dr. Atul Debbarma, Honourable Chairman, Society for TMC & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital.
• The Secretary, Health Department, Govt. of Tripura (Member of the Society for TMC)
• Mr. Swapan Saha, Chief Executive Officer (Member\96Secretary of the Society for TMC).
• Prof. Asiruddin Ahmed, Principal, TMC ,Member of the Society for TMC.
•  Dr. Promotesh Roy ,Member of the Society for TMC.

Name of the members of the Executive Committee of the Society.

• Dr. Atul Debbarma  (Chairman of the Executive Committee).
• Mr. Swapan Saha, Chief Executive Officer, SFTMC (Member Convener of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Prof. Asiruddin Ahmed, Principal, Tripura Medical College (Member of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Dr.Pradip Basak (Member of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Dr. Bijoy Paul (Member of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Principal, Tripura College of Nursing (Permanent Invitee of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Dr. Arindam Datta, Medical Superintendent, Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital (Permanent Invitee of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Mr. Narayan Debbarma,General Manager (HR) (Permanent Invitee of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).
• Sri Saroj Kumar Deb, Accounts Officer (Permanent Invitee of the Executive Committee, SFTMC).