New Plans Of I-NK Announced On 16th Foundation Day
Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (I-NK) celebrated its 16th Foundation Day recently in the august presence of eminent dignitaries.
Gracing the occasion was Narayan Swarup Nigam, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of West Bengal, Debasis Das, Registrar, Calcutta University, Her Excellency Kathy Giles Diaz, US Consul general in Kolkata, Leander Paes, tennis player, Abir Chatterjee, Actor, Swami Shastragyanananda Maharaj, Secretary of Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission Ashram and many others.
The hospital began its journey in the 1980s when a group of non-resident Bengali neurosurgeons saw the exodus of patients from Bengal to other parts of India due to a lack of infrastructure. The hospital was started as a non-profit, affordable institute with the highest quality of skilled doctors.
The hospital now has 210 beds, 70 non-practicing consultants, and 350 nurses.
To meet the growing demands of the people, the hospital has acquired a few buildings. One is for clinics at 6B, AJC Bose Road, another for Research and Diagnostic at 10 West Range, and an upcoming building in the existing space.
They have also donated a 4-storey building in Salt Lake for the College of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, approved by the WBUHS.
CM Mamata Banerjee has laid the Foundation Stone on 12th February of a campus near Rajarhat, named as Snayu Tirtha. It will be an 800-bed hospital and a medical college for 150 students.
The hospital will accept all kinds of Swayastha Sathi patients. In the second phase, the final destination of the University of Neurosciences will be established.
With such amazing plans, the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata will be changing the medical scenario in Kolkata.
Priyanka Dutta