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]
Due to an inadequacy in the number of beds, patients have complained that even critical patients are often refused admission.[8]
On 26 May 2011, Shyamapada Ghorai, then director of BIN was suspended with charges of misconduct, insubordination and non-co-operation.[9][10] This was one of the first administrative actions taken by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.[10]
Even after the surprise visit of the Chief Minister, the situation did not improve. According to a report published in The Telegraph (Calcutta) in June 2012, "A year and a fortnight after chief minister Mamata Banerjee suspended Shyamapada Ghorai from the post of Bangur Institute of Neuroscience (BIN) director – one of her first administrative actions since assuming office."[8]
^Dr. Oksana Suchowersky. "Joint Indo-Canadian Conference in Kolkata, India". Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013. The Bangur Institute is the premier training center and hospital in neurosciences for West Bengal and surrounding area, which includes 300 million people.
^"Bangur Neuroscience Hospital". Sebabrati: 47. March 2010.
^ abTamaghna Banerjee (27 May 2011). "Hospital head suspended". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2013.