Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh |
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam (AMC)
It is one of the oldest and premier medical institutes in the North Eastern region of India. British
Philanthropist Sir John Berry White, a retired brigadier from the British Troops who later became the
civil surgeon of the then Lakhimpur district in 1870, contributed his lifetime earning of Rupees Fifty
Thousand (present day valuation: more than 50 million rupees) to establish his dream project“Berry
White Medical School” in 1900 AD. This school heralded the beginning of Allopathic Medical Education
in Assam and North East Indian States by conferring LMP Diploma in old undivided Assam. In 1938, the
Assam Branch of Licentiate Medical Practitioner in its annual meeting under the chairmanship of
Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi, the then premier of the Congress Govt. of Assam decided to upgrade
the Berry White Medical School to a full fledged Medical College, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh
was established in 3rd November 1947, in the erstwhile US Military hospital of the second world war
at Borbari, Dibrugarh through a process of up-gradation of Berry White Medical School immediately
after independence, inaugurated formally by First chief Minister of Assam, Late Lokopriya Gopinath
Bordoloi. The admission of the first batch of students was completed in September 1947 with 6 seats.
Address:
Barbari AMC Rd, Dibrugarh,
Assam 786002Phone: 0373 230 0080
How to Reach Assam Medical College:
One may travel to Dibrugarh Town by Bus, personal vehicle hired cabs. Assam Medical College is
situated very close to the center of Dibrugarh Town.
The Nearest Airport is Mohanbari Airport which is 17 Km far from the main town of Dibrugarh and takes around 20-25 mins of drive.