Bangur Institute of Neurosciences | |
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IPGMER and SSKM Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Coordinates | 22°32′16″N 88°20′26″E / 22.53779°N 88.34048°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Affiliated university | WBUHS |
Services | |
History | |
Opened | 10 June 1962 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
Bangur Institute of Neurosciences,[α] also known as the Bangur Institute of Neurology and abbreviated BIN, is a government-run apex superspeciality institute/hospital located at 52/1A, Sambhu Nath Pandit Street, Bhawanipur, Kolkata, West Bengal. The institute is adjacent to and functionally attached to IPGMER and SSKM Hospital.[1][2] The institute is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Science.[3]
This is a government-sponsored neurological institute and a training centre in the field of neuroscience in West Bengal.[4][5] Patients are regularly referred here from various hospitals in West Bengal and adjoining states.[6] This hospital's research activities include studies into strokes, cognitive neuroscience, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuromuscular conditions (myasthenia), developmental disorders of the brain, Wilson's disease, electrophysiology, botulinium toxin, and neurogenetics.[7]
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The Bangur Institute is the premier training center and hospital in neurosciences for West Bengal and surrounding area, which includes 300 million people.