Archive · 25 Aug 2026
North Bengal Hospital Opens Detox Centre, Adds Psychiatry Beds
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital has added new facilities for patients and students.
It opened a centre where people can stay while receiving treatment for addiction.
The centre has 10 beds for addiction treatment and 30 beds for psychiatric patients.
The addiction beds are divided equally for men and women.
Amit Shah inaugurated the centre online last Friday.
The hospital also added 10 more beds to its regular psychiatry ward.
Workers will help patients understand and use the ABHA health account system.
The hospital will also build separate hostels for male and female medical students.
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital opened a 40-bed inpatient facility under its psychiatry department.
The facility includes 30 beds for psychiatric patients and 10 for de-addiction treatment, split equally between men and women.
Amit Shah inaugurated the de-addiction centre virtually from Siliguri last Friday.
The psychiatry department also received 10 additional beds in its main indoor ward.
The hospital plans ABHA awareness campaigns and has received approval for separate male and female student hostels.
- Who
- North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, with the de-addiction centre inaugurated virtually by Union home minister Amit Shah.
- What
- The hospital opened a 40-bed inpatient facility, added 10 psychiatry beds, and announced measures involving ABHA services and student hostels.
- When
- The de-addiction centre was inaugurated last Friday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Susrutanagar, on the outskirts of Siliguri; the new facility is on the second floor of the chest ward.
- Why
- Dedicated inpatient beds are intended to support prolonged treatment, regular medical supervision, mental-health care, and rehabilitation for patients requiring it.
- New facility
- A 40-bed inpatient centre under the psychiatry department.
- Bed allocation
- Thirty beds are for psychiatric patients and 10 are for de-addiction treatment.
- Addiction beds
- The 10 de-addiction beds are divided equally between male and female patients.
- Psychiatry expansion
- The main indoor psychiatry ward received 10 additional beds.
- Previous arrangement
- De-addiction services had previously been provided through the outpatient department.
- ABHA measures
- ASHA workers will conduct door-to-door awareness campaigns, while ticket-counter staff will receive training.
- Student accommodation
- The state health department approved separate hostels for male and female medical students.