History SCB Medical College?
The evolution of this institution dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. It took its birth as a small dispensary as First Aid Centre in the premises of the present medical college during the days of Maratha rule in the later half of the eighteenth century. The sole purpose of that dispensary was to render whatever little medical assistance was available and feasible to the sick pilgrims en route to and from Puri, especially during the “Car Festival” of Lord Jagannath.
This dispensary continued to function admirably till the British occupation of Orissa in 1803. The British rulers, in due course of time, realized the strategic importance of this dispensary at Cuttack and converted it into a small hospital. For smooth management of the Hospital, they made provisions for pumping adequate money from the “Annachhatra Fund“.
n 1875, the Orissa Medical School was born and saw the light of the day by the effort of a large-hearted Briton, Dr Stewart, the then Civil Surgeon of Cuttack as its first Principal. He mooted out the idea of starting a medical school, utilizing this hospital as an infrastructural nucleus. In this endeavor, he received the kind support and sincere patronage of the then Lt. Governor, Sir Richard Temple and the Divisional Commissioner, Mr T.E Ravenshaw.
First, the Orissa Medical School has established with a capacity of 20 L.M.P (Licentiate Medical Practitioners) students. It was affiliated to the Bihar and Orissa Medical Examination Board which grantee the LMP Diploma.
In 1944, the Orissa Medical School was renamed as Orissa Medical College and Major A.T Anderson, the then Civil Surgeon of Cuttack acted as its first Principal. He wanted to improve the Orissa Medical College as per the pattern existed in the U.K which was highly appreciated by Lt.Col. A.N.Chopra, the then Director of Health and I.G, Prisons. They recommended the Government to upgrade the existing medical school to the status of College. The Parla Ministry consisting of the Maharaja of Paralakhemundi, Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Dev, Mr. Abdus Subhan Khan (Minister of Health and Education) and Pandit Godabarish Mishra gave due attention to this issue and finally, the Orissa Medical College was born on 1 June 1944 with a capacity of 22 students into MBBS Degree Course.
The College was affiliated with Utkal University and the first batch appeared in the Final MBBS Examination in 1948. The College received recognition for MBBS degree from the Medical Council of India in the year 1952 with retrospective effect.
In 1951, the Orissa Medical College was subsequently renamed as SRIRAMA CHANDRA BHANJ MEDICAL COLLEGE in recognition of the donation and efforts made by Mayurbhanj State Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanj Deo. Moreover, Maharajah Vikram Deo Verma of Jeypore, the founding father of Andhra University also donated ₹1,30,000 to this medical college. [3]
The college received recognition for MBBS degree from the Medical Council of India in 1952 with retrospective effect. Postgraduate courses in M.D./M.S. specialties were started in 1960. Since 1981, post-doctoral training leading to the award of D.M. and M.Ch. degrees have been instituted in the disciplines of Cardiology and Neurosurgery respectively.
Hospital&College:-
Srirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College & Hospital (S.C.B Medical College) is a premier medical institute in India in medical teaching, training, research, and patient care. This Institution is situated in the city of Cuttack with a sprawling campus of 87.32 acres. It has been recognized by MCI (Medical Council of India) as an ideal institution facilitating education and training in undergraduate, post-graduate and super specialty subjects under different medical and surgical disciplines.
Currently, the institution admits 250 students per annum for the M.B.B.S. course. For maintaining the required standard of education in medical colleges and for providing specialist service in the periphery and various existing and new Medical Colleges and Hospitals, the need for training increased numbers of post-graduate students was felt necessary in due course. At present, this medical college extends facility for P.G. training in all the 22 broad specialties as well as post-doctoral training in super-specialty subjects like Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pulmonary Medicine, Neurosurgery, Urology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Plastic Surgery. DNB accreditation has been applied for Clinical Hematology, Rheumatology and Surgical Gastroenterology. Besides, facilities are also available for Surgical Endocrinology. State of the art treatments like bone marrow transplantation and renal transplantations are offered to needy patients free of cost, funded by the state.
In addition to medical undergraduate course and post-graduate course, Govt. of Odisha started Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) course with 50 numbers of seats in a separate wing named as Dental wing of SCB Medical College. Besides BDS courses, the Dental college undertakes postgraduate training in six subjects.
Therefore, the SCB Medical College and Hospital with all its present components of specialized and super-specialist services along with modern diagnostic approach and investigative laboratory services and intensive care facilities to the critically ill patients, is serving our state most effectively as an advanced premier medical center.
In the year 2001 Govt. of Odisha, in collaboration with ISRO and Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow established the Tele-Medicine service for providing Distant Medical Education to our medical students, Teleconsultation for critically ill patients, follow-up treatment facility to the patients who have been treated earlier and lastly Telemedical video conference.
The institution is running a Trauma Centre which will deals with poly-trauma patients, as the medical college is situated near the NH-5. This center is of great benefit to victims of road traffic accidents. The Medical College & Hospital has come up with a Regional Diagnostic Centre in its own campus for better diagnostic facilities to patients attending the Medical College.
At present, SCB Medical College with its attached hospital is a huge institution, comparable to the very best of its kind in the country. It is one of the very few Medical Colleges of India which have been permitted to admit 250 students in the MBBS course. With respect to teaching, training, research, and clinical service, SCB Medical College maintains an excellent reputation and standard. Some of the staff and alumni of this institution have earned national and international recognitions. The college and the attached hospital are adequately staffed. Above all, this institutional complex, as it stands today, is the very heart-throb of the medical activities of our state, and of the hopes and aspirations of our people.
