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Ghosh, Nilanjana, and Indranil Chakrabarti. "Client satisfaction in Thalassemia Control Unit , North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Darjeeling district, West Bengal." Annals of Applied Bio-Sciences 4, no. 1 (2017): A24—A30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/aabs.2017.1309.

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Chatterjee, Shamita, Ramdip Ray, and Dilip Kumar Chakraborty. "Medical College Bengal—A Pioneer Over the Eras." Indian Journal of Surgery 75, no. 5 (2012): 385–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0714-2.

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Kripasindhu, Gantait. "Evaluation of Outcome Determinants in Snakebite Victims in A Rural Medical College of South Bengal." Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research 04, no. 12 (2016): 14673–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i12.60.

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Ghosh, Nilanjana. "Institutional quarantine center of North Bengal Medical College: A novel concept." Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth 13, no. 6 (2020): 595. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_256_20.

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Adhikari, Anjan, Sangita Bhattacharya, Rania Indu, Moumita Ray, and Lalit Waghmare. "Perception of medical teachers towards undergraduate medical theoretical assessment system in a medical college of West Bengal." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 5, no. 12 (2017): 5396. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20175462.

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Background: With change of disease pattern and complexities of therapy globally, medical education become challenging. Problem based learning and self-directed learning became more relevant and occupied its space in medical education. Assessment is very crucial with the change in curriculum for appropriate feedback and learning in the system. Present study evaluated the perception of medical teachers on this issue of theory examination. Assessment or evaluation plays a pivotal role in effectivity of the system. Assessors always guide any system to achieve its objectives.Methods: This is an observational study, done with a questionnaire. It was done by interviewing the faculties of R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal who were examiners at University level.Results: Present study comprised faculty of fifteen undergraduate Departments of R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata 29.68% faculty supported semester system. 70.32% faculty participated as the study population. 48.4% agreed and 35.93% strongly agreed on the concept of model answers. A majority of the faculties (31.25%) strongly agreed on the issue that answers should be checked by two or more examiners. Regarding the threshold of pass marks, 48.4% strongly agreed and 43.75% agreed that students need to get 50% marks separately in theory examination to get through the examination.Conclusions: Present study evaluated importance of theory assessment system in medical education. It also necessitates further research to improve the objectivity of theory assessment system in medical curriculum at University level, in India.

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Seth, Shelley. "Dysmenorrhoea among Adolescent Females Attending a Suburban Medical College in West Bengal, India." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 10, no. 29 (2021): 2171–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.14260/jemds/2021/444.

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BACKGROUND Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecological problem. Almost half of the female adolescents suffer from it resulting in a major cause of school / college absenteeism. We tried to find out the prevalence of dysmenorrhoea among female adolescents in a suburban population and investigate a potential association between the body mass index, dietary habits and behavioural factors and its correlation with absenteeism. METHODS A cross sectional study was done on 270 adolescent females attending outpatient department of a suburban medical college. We interviewed the selected adolescent girls using a pretested semi structured questionnaire after obtaining their or their parents consent. Statistical analysis was done using frequencies, percentages and chi square test with statistical software package SPSS version 20. RESULTS Total 270 unmarried adolescent girls were interviewed. Among them 51.1 % girls suffered from dysmenorrhoea. 58.7 % patients suffered from mild dysmenorrhoea whereas 27.5 % and 13.8 % suffered from moderate and severe dysmenorrhoea respectively. 59.02 % of girls with normal BMI and 54.55 % of obese girls suffered from dysmenorrhoea. Only 16 % patients with mild dysmenorrhoea were absent from their school or college whereas 63.1 % and 84.2 % of patients with moderate to severe dysmenorrhoea had school or college absenteeism respectively. 74.47 % of patients used to take self-medication. CONCLUSIONS Dysmenorrhoea was a significant cause of absenteeism and habit of self-medication was prevalent. Introduction of a school health program for menstrual health might improve the issues. KEY WORDS Menstruation, Dysmenorrhoea, Adolescents

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Mukhopadhyay, DiptaKanti. "Students′ perception of quality of medical education in a medical college in west Bengal, India." Indian Journal of Public Health 60, no. 1 (2016): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-557x.177256.

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Singh, NetraPal. "Students′ perception of quality of medical education in a medical college in West Bengal, India." Indian Journal of Public Health 60, no. 3 (2016): 238. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-557x.189034.

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Mukhopadhyay, DiptaKanti. "Students′ perception of quality of medical education in a medical college in West Bengal, India." Indian Journal of Public Health 60, no. 3 (2016): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-557x.189035.

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Banerjee, I., and T. Bhadury. "Self-medication practice among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care medical college, West Bengal." Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 58, no. 2 (2012): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.97175.

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Panja, Sumana, Pratibha Rao Lahiri, and Aditi Lahiri. "An assessment of the learning styles of first year medical and dental students of North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 8, no. 4 (2020): 1414. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201334.

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Background: Learning is the act of acquiring, modifying and reinforcing existing knowledge, behavior, skills and values. This phenomenon of learning is dominated by an individual’s learning style. Learning style is a popular concept in psychology and education, and it refers to how a person learns best. This study aims to identify the Learning Styles of the first year MBBS and BDS students at NBMC by administering the questionnaire of the VARK model.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in the Department of Physiology at North Bengal Medical College, West Bengal after. The VARK questionnaire 7.8 version was administered to 180 first year MBBS and BDS students from the 2017-2018 batch who had volunteered for the study. The Questionnaire consisted of 16 questions, along with a scoring chart. Students were allowed to choose more than one option. If in majority of the questions they opted for a single sensory modality they were considered as unimodal learners and if they chose multiple options, they were recognized as multimodal learners.Results: The study showed 57% of the students to be multimodal learners and 43% to be unimodal learners. Read/Write was the most preferred (31.22%) sensory modality followed by kinesthetic mode (29.57%).Conclusions: As majority of our students are multimodal learners teachers should incorporate active teaching and learning strategies to cater to all types of learners. Also, as the most preferred method is Read/Write which includes googling and the use of internet to browse for information, we must try and incorporate e-learning into our curriculum.

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Rahman, Md Mizanur, Md Habibuzzaman Chowdhury, AM Selim Reza, and Md Kamrul Hassan Sardar. "Study Of Poisoning, The Most Prevailing Cause Of Unnatural Death In North Bengal." Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College 2, no. 1 (2012): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jssmc.v2i1.12342.

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The main aim of this study was to find out the relationship between the postmortem eases of poisoning to other eases. This was a retrospective study carried out in the department of Forensic Medicine, Dinajpur Medical College during the period from July 05 to May 06. The total number of autopsv performed in this period was 360. The result concluded that poisoning is the most predominant cause of all unnatural death in North Bengal. Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Vol 2No.1 June 2010 page 4-5 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jssmc.v2i1.12342

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Biswas, Sudipa, Suranjali Sharma, Sanjib Kumar Ghosh, and Soumya Chakraborty. "High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report." National Journal of Clinical Anatomy 04, no. 02 (2015): 102–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3401559.

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AbstractIn this rare case, found during routine dissection of head and neck in North Bengal Medical College on the right side of the neck, common carotid artery bifurcated at a higher level than usual and 1.25 cm below the bifurcation, gave a common origin of lingual and superior thyroid artery from its medial side (thyorolingual trunk). No such anomaly was noted on the left side. This type of combination of variations has important clinical implications.

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Dasgupta, Soumit. "The First Cadaveric Dissection in India." Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion 14, no. 1 (2021): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.38192/14.1.14.

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Historical Perspective The first cadaver dissection in India in the 19th century after millennia of social prejudices took place in the recently established Calcutta Medical College in 1835, the first medical college in Asia imparting western medical education to British, Anglo Indians and Indians in the empire. The first scientific approach to medical sciences commenced following this landmark event and set the trend for future liberal attitudes in society and contributed to the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century. This is a fictional account of the day when it happened. Only the characters and the fact that the dissection occurred are real.

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Das Chaudhuri, A. B., S. Basu, and S. Chakraborty. "Twinning Rate in the Muslim Population of West Bengal." Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research 42, no. 1 (1993): 35–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0515283600042268.

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AbstractTotal birth records for the Bengalee Muslim population (BMP) and the Bengalee Hindu caste population (BHCP) for the period 1980-1988 were 17,720 and 119,107 respectively. Of these, the number of twin pairs were 363 BMP and 1,229 BHCP. These data were obtained from the registers of the following hospitals: Islamia Hospital, NRS Medical College and Hospitals and RG Kar Medical College and Hospitals, Calcutta and Medinipore Sadar Hospital, West Bengal, India. The twinning rates found were 20.48 and 10.57 per thousand deliveries in the BMP and BHCP respectively. The proportion of twins, 0.02048, in the BMP was significantly higher (Z = 12.38, p ≤ 0.01) than that in the BHCP, 0.01057. This finding of a higher twinning rate in the BMP is corroborated by the fact that available data on the Muslim population of Srinagar in Kammu and Kashmir, and Lucknow and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh show higher twinning rates than the other populations of India. This increased twinning rate may be due to the greater amount of inbreeding in the BMP.

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Chaudhuri, Susmita, Rekha Dutt, and Shamshad Ahmad. "Perception of doctor-patient relationship among undergraduate medical students in a medical college of West Bengal." National Journal of Research in Community Medicine 8, no. 2 (2019): 192. http://dx.doi.org/10.26727/njrcm.2019.8.2.192-195.

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Dutta, Indranil, Mainak Nath, and Abhijit Haldar. "Scar Pregnancy: A Case Series Involving Two Medical College Hospitals in West Bengal." Journal of South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 12, no. 1 (2020): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1756.

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Nandi, Saumen, Subir Bhattacharjee, Somsubhra Chatttopadhyay, et al. "Coping Styles in Suicide Attempters Attending a Peripheral Medical College of West Bengal." Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 6, no. 4 (2015): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2015.00226.0.

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Sengupta, Dr Pinaki, Dr Mahua Mazumdar, and Dr Amalesh Panda. "Prognostic Value of the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) In Open Globe Injuries at North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal." IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 16, no. 04 (2017): 12–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/0853-1604051216.

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Majumdar, Swati, and Suman Mukherjee. "A STUDY OF PROFILE OF GLAUCOMA IN A PERIPHERAL MEDICAL COLLEGE IN WEST BENGAL." Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare 5, no. 42 (2018): 2968–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.18410/jebmh/2018/606.

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Bhattacharyya, Raghunath, and Amitava Pal. "Stillbirths in a referral medical college hospital, West Bengal, India: A ten-year review." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 38, no. 1 (2011): 266–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01670.x.

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Halder, Sanjay. "Oncological profile among children of a rural Medical College of West Bengal, Eastern India." IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 7, no. 3 (2013): 91–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/3008-0739195.

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Manhas, Angli, Dinesh Gupta, Aditi Gupta, Dinesh Kumar, Rameshwar S. Manhas, and Gaurav S. Manhas. "Clinical correlation between dry eye and pterygium: a study done at government medical college Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, North India." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 5, no. 7 (2017): 3087. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20172992.

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Background: To study the prevalence of dry eye among the patients of pterygium and to find the clinical correlation between dry eye and pterygium.Methods: The study was conducted at postgraduate department of Ophthalmology of GMC Jammu over a period of one year. 90 pterygium patients and 180 age and sex matched controls presenting to the eye OPD of GMC Jammu were included in the study. The TBUT, Schirmer’s test, basal tear secretion and Rose Bengal staining score were estimated in all patients. A TBUT of less than 10 seconds, a Schirmer’s test of less than 10mm, basal tear secretion of less than 10mm, Rose Bengal staining score of more than 3 were considered abnormal.Results: Redness 57 (63.33%) was the most frequently occurring symptom in pterygium patients followed by cosmosis 49 (54.44%). The mean TBUT, mean Schirmer’s, mean basal secretion and mean Rose Bengal staining score values were 9.88±3.39 seconds, 13.17±4.57mm, 10.11±4.81mm and 3.27±1.85 in pterygium patients and 14.22±3.99 seconds, 16.40±5.21mm, 12.19±5.05mm and 2.49±1.86 in the control group respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in the dry eye results between the pterygium patients and control groups (p<0.001). The odd’s ratio between dry eye and pterygium was 3.83, dry eye was present in 53 pterygium patients.Conclusions: The prevalence of dry eye in pterygium patients was 58.89% which suggests that there is a strong positive clinical correlation between dry eye and pterygium.

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Chakraborty, Sumanta, and Sunamika Banerjee. "A study on hospital bed utilisation based on disease wise ICD-10 coding in surgery ward of a rural tertiary care hospital of Darjeeling district of West Bengal." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 10 (2019): 4387. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20194499.

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Background: Hospital costs are the largest component of health expenditure and they have therefore been a key focus in the drive for increased efficiency in the health sector.1With the simultaneous menace of ever increasing price rise and population explosion there is dearth of the existing meagre resources and thereby it becomes necessary to allocate and utilise the available resources to the fullest with provisions for minimum wastage. The objective of this study is to find out the pattern of diseases with their ICD-10 codes and the hospital performance indicators in patients admitted at the surgery ward of North Bengal Medical College during the study period.Methods: A descriptive epidemiological study with cross-sectional design was done by complete enumeration of all patients admitted in surgery ward of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Darjeeling district of West Bengal from July 2016 to September 2016.Results: A total of 2227 patients were admitted during the study period with intra-cerebral haemorrhage (I61) being the most common cause of admission followed by abdominal injury (S36) and burn (T29). The bed occupancy rate was 144.21%, bed turn-over rate 14.26 and average length 9.1. Scatter plot indicates hospital utilisation at Region IV as per Pabon Lasso Model of Hospital Utilisation.Conclusions: A high bed occupancy rate and low bed turn-over rate indicates scarcity of hospital beds, preponderance of severe and chronic cases and unnecessary stay in hospital.

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Mathur, M. K. "Prosthetic Fittings Limitations and Its Present Scenario in India and Abroad." Indian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 23, no. 2 (2012): 82–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/ijopmr-23-2-82.

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Dr. Mahendra Kishore Mathur currently working as Chief Consultant Research Development & Training, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), Jaipur. After finishing his MS (Orthopaedics) from S.M.S Medical College Jaipur under guidence of Dr. P.K. Shethy on 1983 he worked as a teacher of PMR in same institute for two decades. He has several National and International level of publications. He also contributed chapters in Manuals of Fabrication of Jaipur Below Knee Systems, Fabrication of Jaipur Above Knee Systems, Fabrication of Jaipur Foot, “Jaipur Artificial Limbs” - First comprehensive Text Book on Jaipur Limb Technology. He is the first orator of Bengal oration of IAPMR on 2012 introduced by West Bengal Chapter of IAPMR.

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Chakraborty, Sumanta, and Sunamika Banerjee. "Adherence to recommended intra-partum guidelines of high risk pregnancies: a study in North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 8 (2019): 3490. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193477.

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Background: High risk pregnancies in intra-partum period are vulnerable, and if not appropriately attended, may roll on to maternal death or dreaded maternal near-miss cases. Despite the presence of a number of standard treatment guidelines designed to address most of the high risk conditions, their adherence and implementation continues to be uncommon. To assess the adherence to recommended guidelines during referral of high risk pregnancies in labour in mothers of the difficult terrains of eastern Himalaya.Methods: A descriptive epidemiological study with cross-sectional design was conducted among mothers with high risk pregnancies admitted in the labour ward, North Bengal Medical College Hospital, Darjeeling. 433 subjects were studied using complete enumeration technique.Results: Anaemia in pregnancy (22%), obstructed labour (19%), pre-term rupture of membranes (15%) and pregnancy induced hypertension (15%) were the high risk conditions identified. Referral linkage existed in most (70.7%) but no pre-referral treatment was given to 61.4% of the intra-partum mothers. Multivariate analysis shows mothers with age more than 35 years (AOR 4.97), bad obstetric history (AOR 2.40) & not attended by doctors (AOR 5.02) were found to be having more odds of missing the pre-referral treatment. About 86% of the gaps in pre-referral treatment were due to doctors not attending patients, lack of referral communication, not providing JSSK facilities and non-maintenance of Partograph as per Pareto analysis.Conclusions: Most of the non-adherence to standard treatment guidelines in high risk intra-partum mothers are related to health service delivery and can be ameliorated through proper administrative measures.

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Dalui, Saikat Kumar, Angana Datta, Aritra Ghosh, Suvadip Biswas, Uttam Kumar Roy, and Supreeti Biswas. "Self-medication of sleeping pills among MBBS students in a medical college of West Bengal, India." International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 6, no. 7 (2017): 1689. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20172732.

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Background: Psychological stress, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance are highly prevalent in medical students and therefore they are at higher risk of using sleeping pills defined as any pharmaceutical preparation inducing sleep. There is currently paucity in data describing the prevalence of sleeping pill use among medical students in India.Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sleeping pill use among medical students in Burdwan Medical College (BMC).Methods: A cross sectional study was done by anonymous questionnaires from MBBS students enrolled at BMC. Questionnaire consisted of social and demographic variable and use of sleeping pills, tobacco and alcohol since enrollment. Collected data were analyzed by Athen's insomnia scale and DASS-21.Results: With response rate72.2% (397 out of 550) and of 397 respondants (1st yr-97+2nd yr-90+3rd yr part I-114+3rd yr part II-96), 6.3% reported use of sleeping pill at some time since enrollment. Athen's insomnia scales showed 27% poor sleepers. According to DASS-21, 44% respondents were depressive, 61.96% anxious, and 31.73% stressed. Insomnia were found to significantly (p value <0.0001) associated with sleeping pill use. Majority (96%) of sleeping pill uses were self-medicated.Conclusions: Tendency to use sleeping pill is very less (majority self-medicated), though a substantial proportion of medical undergraduate students were found to be depressed, anxious, stressed revealing a neglected area of students' psychology requiring urgent attention.

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Chakraborty, Soma. "A Comparative Study regarding Assertiveness, Self-esteem and Leadership Potentiality between Students of Selected Nursing and General College in West Bengal." International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research 07, no. 03 (2021): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.202019.

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Introduction: Nursing is a philanthropic profession and has a rich historical background. Nursing is an integral component of the entire health care delivery system. The objective of nursing education is to foster high standards of nursing practice and advancement of the profession and the reciprocal objective of nursing is to establish, promote and implement nursing education. Materials and Methods: A comparative survey study was conducted to assess and compare assertiveness, self-esteem and leadership potentiality between 64 (sixty-four) 3rd year B.Sc. nursing students of College of Nursing, Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata; Government College of Nursing, S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata and 60 (sixty) General college students of Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, Bonhooghly, Kolkata, West Bengal. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted. The tool consisted of socio-demographic profile, standardized tool for assessment of assertiveness and self-esteem and 30 item structured questionnaire for assessment of leadership potentiality. Result: The study findings reveal that assertiveness (mean difference =0.74), self-esteem (mean difference=3.47) and leadership potentiality (mean difference=7.19) among general college students are higher than those of nursing college students. The results also indicate that assertiveness is positively correlated with self-esteem [“t” df (58)=2.00; p<0.05] and leadership potentiality [“t” df (58)=2.00; p<0.05] among general college students. Conclusion: Investigator concludes that it is necessary to think about the enhancement of those three vital aspects. It can be done by modifying nursing education curriculum so that nursing students can improve professional skills and carry forward their professional legacy.

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Yasmin, Shamima, Tanmay Kanti Panja, and Baijayanti Baur. "A study assessing patient satisfaction in otolaryngology OPD of a district medical college of West Bengal." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 3 (2019): 1247. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190620.

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Background: Patient satisfaction is perhaps is a proxy indicator to measure the success of a hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of patient satisfaction among patients attending Otorhinolaryngology outpatient department (OPD) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in a district.Methods: Cross-sectional observational study among 230 patients attending Otorhinolaryngology outpatient department (OPD) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in a district using a modified validated Bengali questionnaire. Analysis of results was done by percentage and proportion.Results: Overall satisfaction was above 60% for only 42.6% of patients. Major dissatisfaction was with the registration system. 50.4% were dissatisfied for waiting at the queue of registration counter to get OPD ticket. Other causes of dissatisfaction were infrastructure e.g. non-availability of adequate seating arrangement (39.6%), fans (58.7%), non-availability of drinking water (71.7%). 78.3% were dissatisfied for the available washroom facilities. However 92% were satisfied by attention paid by doctors.Conclusions: The present study was an attempt to assess the level of satisfaction of the patients. It highlights maintaining privacy during history taking examination and improving infrastructure like drinking water and washroom facilities, improving registration system to decrease waiting time can improve patient satisfaction which can be easily done with help of stakeholders.

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Mukherjee, Soujita. "Prevalence of Gender Based Violence for having Girl Child, Women’s Reaction and Empowerment among Mothers Attending Postpartum OPD in a Selected Medical College, West Bengal." International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research 07, no. 02 (2020): 38–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2455.9318.202017.

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Background: Gender based violence is a global problem and is still a key concern in developing countries. A survey was undertaken to assess prevalence of gender based violence for having girl child, women’s reaction and empowerment among mothers. Methods: The conceptual framework was based on “The Duluth Model”. Clearance from the institutional ethical committee and individual consent were taken. Descriptive survey design was adopted. From the population of postnatal women 162 were selected as sample by purposive sampling technique from postnatal OPD. Final data were collected for 6 weeks by using a validated and reliable semi-structured interview schedule (r = 0.98) and structured interview schedule (r = 0.83). Result: The study findings revealed that 22.83% women faced gender based violence. Majority faced emotional violence (59%) and sexual violence (57%). Women’s no rejection towards girl child was 91.35% whereas only 8.64% had indifferent view. In the domain of women empowerment 64.19% expressed as well empowered but decision making in the area of political (38.8%), economical (19.75%) and educational (12.96%) was poor. The association between gender based violence and women empowerment is statistically significant (chi2 value = 48.03*, p<0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that gender based violence is till now a case of concern for our society and country. The study has it’s implication in the field of nursing practice for awareness on violence and women’s right during pregnancy and after child birth.

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Mukherjee, Anupam, Ayushman Banerjee, and Kaushik D. Das. "Homoeopathic Awareness among the Tribal Population Visiting a Homoeopathic Hospital set up in West Bengal." Homœopathic Links 32, no. 02 (2019): 077–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1693112.

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Background Tribal population in India had been known to depend on traditional tribal medicines for long to cure their ailments. With the development of health care facilities and spread of AYUSH system:of late many tribal people are seeking homoeopathic treatment. More than half of the tribal population of West Bengal are concentrated in the South western part of the state that covers the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Purulia, and Bankura. Midnapore Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital being located in the same region gets a good number of tribal patients seeking homoeopathic care. Objective To assess the level of homoeopathic awareness and the reasons for their preference to homoeopathic system. Methods A cross sectional survey was conducted in the outpatient department of Midnapore Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Government of West Bengal, India from January 2016 to June 2016 on adult tribal population using a self-administered questionnaire. Results The survey performed on tribal patients reflected the level of homoeopathic awareness, prevalence of disease, socio-demographic data, and health status of the tribal population. The positive effect with homoeopathic treatment also became evident in the study. Conclusion A favorable attitude toward homoeopathy among the tribal population was obtained. However, some wrong notions about the mode also emerged in the study. In this respect, the authors felt the need on arrangement of homoeopathic health camps and distribution of homoeopathic awareness materials in tribal language to improve the scenario.

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Bhattacharyya, Subir Kumar, Arup Kumar Majhi, Subrata Lall Seal, Sima Mukhopadhyay, Gourisankar Kamilya, and Joydev Mukherji. "Maternal mortality in India: A 20-year study from a large referral medical college hospital, West Bengal." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 34, no. 4 (2008): 499–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00721.x.

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Bandyopadhyay, Raktim, Romy Biswas, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee, Narayan Pandit, and Somnath Ghosh. "Osteomeatal Complex: A Study of Its Anatomical Variation Among Patients Attending North Bengal Medical College and Hospital." Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 67, no. 3 (2015): 281–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-015-0874-z.

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Bhattacharyya, Sanjoy K., Shyama P. Saha, and Ranjan Pal. "Rape among women and girls presenting at a gynecological emergency department, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, India." International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 117, no. 2 (2012): 186–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.12.012.

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Biswas, Romy, and Raktim Bandyopadhyay. "Attitude of first year medical students towards cadaveric dissection: a cross sectional study in a medical college of West Bengal, India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 6 (2019): 2679. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192343.

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Background: Cadaver dissection is mandatory for medical education. The cadaver dissection develops the knowledge and skill of the students regarding human anatomy to understand and accomplish the necessity of medical education and clinics in future. This study was conducted to assess the attitude and emotional reactions of first year Medical students to the dissecting cadavers.Methods: The attitude and opinion of students on cadaver dissection was assessed by a modified structured pretested questionnaire after one week of dissection class among all first year medical students by cross-sectional design.Results: Males and females were in the ratio of 7:3.88.3% complied that active involvement is necessary but only 10.9% told that models or virtual program could replace dissection. Altogether 49.6%% had experienced the excitement, 15.3% had experienced headache and sweating. 87.6%% were curious about cadaver dissection and 84.7 %were interested; however 8% had negative feelings towards dead body.Conclusions: Majority of students opined cadaver dissection was the best method for learning and understanding Human anatomy. Pre-education sessions and interaction with the teacher’s prior dissection will help to remove the anxiety among students and will enable them to get involved in their dissection classes.

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Chakrabarti, Srabani, Kajari Mandal, Swapan Pathak, Arabinda Patra, and Subrata Pal. "Haemoglobinopathies among the tribal and non-tribal antenatal mothers in a tertiary care hospital of rural West Bengal, India." Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science 15, no. 1 (2016): 90–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v15i1.18647.

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Introduction: Anaemia in pregnancy is still a major concern in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in India particularly in rural population. Haemoglobinopathies are important contributors to anaemia in pregnancy in rural India particularly in tribal population. Beta thalassemia is the commonest type of haemoglobinopathy all over the world. Thalassemia and other haemoglobinopathies are highly prevalent among the tribal communities in West Bengal. Bankura is one of the districts of West Bengal where more tribal population are present. So detection and prevention of thalassemias is one of the major public health problems in this part of the state of West Bengal. Study done by Manna et al4 showed that about 10% of the population is carrier of haemoglobin disorder. This study was taken up to document the recent prevalence status of hemoglobinopathies particularly Thalassemias and coexistence of iron deficiency anaemiasObjective: To find out prevalence of haemoglobinopathies and to compare the prevalence of different types of Thalassemias among the antenatal mothers.Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in Bankura Sammilani Medical College (BSMC), Bankura West Bengal among 3500 tribal and non-tribal antenatal mothers. Cation exchange-high performance liquid chromatography (CE-HPLC) is being used for investigation for hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias. Together with a complete blood count, the CE-HPLC is effective in categorizing hemoglobinopathies as traits, homozygous disorders and compound heterozygous disorders.Results: In our study 275 mothers had haemoglobinopathy. The commonest disorder we encountered was Beta Thalassemia trait (57.5%), followed by HbE carrier (36%), homozygous HbE disease (1%), HbS carrier (4%), HbE Beta Thalassemia (1.5%).Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.15(1) 2016 p.90-94

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Dasgupta, Anjan, Abirbhab Pal, Nikita ., Debanjana Dasgupta, and Partha Ghosh. "Changing trends of maternal mortality with its causes- ten years retrospective study in a peripheral medical college of West Bengal, India." International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 10, no. 4 (2021): 1649. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20211152.

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Background: The estimates of maternal mortality can only be used as a rough indicator of maternal health situation in any given country. High maternal mortality reflects not only in inadequacy of health care services for mothers, but also a low standard of living and socio economic status of the community. Objective was to assess the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), its probable causes and changing trends.Methods: The present study conducted at Midnapore Medical College (MMC), West Bengal. Data for analysis were collected from medical college record section and maternal death registrar book after having permission from higher authority of the college during the period from January 2009 to 2018 December. Total sample size for this period was 249. Statistical analysis was done through SPSS software.Results: Ten years data analysis of 249 subjects showed that total live births from January 2009 to December 2018 was 1,39,126 with MMR 178.97%. Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (40.56%) was the leading direct cause of maternal death followed by hemorrhage (24.49%) and septicemia (10.84%). Heart disease (6.42%) was the major indirect cause of death followed by anemia (3.6%). Maternal death rate found high among primi gravida (59.43%) mothers and within 20 years age group (46.18%).Conclusions: Most maternal deaths are preventable by proper antenatal care, early diagnosis of high risk factors, timely referral to tertiary care centre along with community upliftment especially in rural and tribal based population.

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Nandy, Debabrata, and Nirmalya Sinha. "Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of painful knee joint: an experience form a rural medical college of West Bengal, India." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 7, no. 9 (2019): 3352. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20193912.

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Background: Painful knee is considered as one of the most common causes of morbidity and disability affecting all age group. It happens due to varied reasons ranged from injury to various disease processes. The present study documented the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in painful knee.Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 painful knee patients referred to the Radiodiagnosis department of the Midnapore Medical College of West Bengal for evaluation. MRI scans performed using GE 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner. Results were expressed in terms of numbers and proportions.Results: The commonest soft tissue lesion found was meniscal tears which mainly involved posterior horn of the medial meniscus and of grade 2 nature. In case of any injury, vertical meniscal tear was found the commonest type. Tear was found the commonest lesion involved the anterior-cruciate ligament (ACL), mostly acute in nature while partial tear commonly found in posterior-cruciate ligament (PCL). Nearly one-third (30%) had features of bone contusions; mostly tibia followed by lateral femoral condyle. Popliteal cyst was the commonest cystic lesion and was associated with effusions and meniscal tears while patello-femoral compartment mostly involved by the osteo-arthritic process.Conclusions: MRI is an ideal, non-invasive and more precised imaging technique for the radiological evaluate of the painful knee condition for better clinical management.

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Dasgupta, Partha, Santanu Acharyya, Debangshu Bhanja Choudhury, Amitabha Chakrabarty, Kakali Choudhury, and Krishnangshu Bhanja Choudhury. "Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy versus Radiotherapy Alone in Locally Advanced HNSCC – An Experience from Medical College in West Bengal, India." IRA-International Journal of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2455-4499) 4, no. 2 (2016): 264. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jas.v4.n2.p7.

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<em>Locally advanced Head and neck cancers (LAHNSCCs) are emerging as an important public health issue in India. Our study was designed to provide NACT to LAHNSCC patients followed by comparison between chemoradiation versus only radiation in rural medical college.</em>

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Bandyopadhyay, Raktim, Romy Biswas, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee, SankarPrasad Kabiraj, and Indrajit Gupta. "Anatomical variation of middle concha and its clinical correlates: a study among patients attending North Bengal Medical College." National Journal of Clinical Anatomy 4, no. 2 (2015): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-4025.297307.

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Deb, Prabir Kumar, Rajib Prasad, Dibayakar Chettri, et al. "Retrosceptive Epidemological Study of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents at Mortuary of North Bengal Medical College During 2009–2011." Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 7, no. 2 (2013): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/j.0973-9130.7.2.045.

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Sarkar, Malay, Jaydeb Mandal, and Dibyendu Roy. "UTEROVAGINAL PACKING WITH ROLLED GAUZE IN POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE, A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN MALDA MEDICAL COLLEGE, WEST BENGAL." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 8, no. 27 (2019): 2162–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.14260/jemds/2019/474.

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Bandyopadhyay, Raktim, Romy Biswas, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee, Sankar Prasad Kabiraj, and lndrajit Gupta. "Anatomical variation of middle concha and its clinical correlates: a study among patients attending North Bengal Medical College." National Journal of Clinical Anatomy 04, no. 02 (2015): 86–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3401557.

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Abstract Background and aims: Lateral nasal wall of each nasal cavity provides the final common pathway of drainage of the muco-ciliary clearance of frontal, maxillary and anterior ethmoidal air cells. Anatomical variant like Concha Bullosa may obstruct the muco ciliary clearance thmugh osteomeatal complex and cause rhino sinusitis. The objectives were to find out the anatomical variation of middle concha and its clinical correlates with variation of middle concha. Methods: The present study was a descriptive, hospital based cross sectional study carried out in the outpatient departments of North Bengal Medical College & Hospital among 15 years and above patients. Coronal CT scan of paranasal sinus and orbit region was done. Data was collected with the help of semi structured predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Results: Of the 44 study patients, 15.9% had Concha Bullosa, 11.36% had paradoxical middle concha. Dimensions of right and left concha were also studied. 77.3%, 59.1% and 47.7% had sneezing, rhinorrhoea and headache respectively. Conclusion: The harmony of mucociliary clearance and obstruction free osteomeatal complex is the key factor for ventilation and drainage of maxillary, fmntal and anterior ethmoidal air cells.

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Dey, Arijit. "Student's Perspective on Existing Teaching Process of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in a Government Medical College, West Bengal." Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 13, no. 3 (2020): 377–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.13320.2.

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Ali, Md Rashid, Md Jobaidur Rahman, Kamrul Russel Khan, Shamim Adam, and Shamsul Alam. "Acute Circulatory Collapse Followed by Cardiac Arrest during Thiopentone Induction." KYAMC Journal 7, no. 1 (2017): 731–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v7i1.33769.

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Acute circulatory collapse followed by cardiac arrest is a rare but serious complication of thiopentone anaesthesia. A 5 years old boy admitted in North Bengal Medical College Hospital with history of 'Recurrent Tonsillitis'. He was prepared for tonsillectomy operation. The reports of his clinical investigations were almost normal except E.S.R which was a bit elevated-09%. X-Ray chest was normal, other investigatios did not show any abnormalities. During induction with Thiopentone Sodium the patient had sudden cardiac arrest. In spite of all life support given to him the patient did not recover.KYAMC Journal Vol. 7, No.-1, Jul 2016, Page 731-733

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Chandra, Nidhi S., Durbadal Ojha, Sanjoy Chatterjee, and Debprasad Chattopadhyay. "Prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in West Bengal, India: a hospital-based study." Journal of Medical Microbiology 63, no. 7 (2014): 975–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.072249-0.

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India is an endemic zone for hepatitis E virus (HEV), which is associated with both epidemic and sporadic infections. In West Bengal, only two hepatitis E outbreaks have been studied to date. However, sporadic cases of HEV infection also occur during inter-epidemic periods. The aim of this hospital-based study was to detect the prevalence of HEV infection in patients with acute sporadic hepatitis in West Bengal, India. Blood samples and clinical information were collected from 285 patients of both sexes and different ages with acute viral hepatitis (AVH) at Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, a tertiary-care centre. Samples were tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen, anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies, anti-hepatitis A virus IgM and anti-HEV antibodies (IgM and IgG) by ELISA. Only those patients with AVH who were in their first week of illness and negative for all hepatotropic viral antibodies were tested for HEV RNA by reverse transcriptase nested PCR. HEV was identified as the most common cause of AVH (41.8 % of patients), followed by HBV (21.4 %), hepatitis A virus (17.2 %) and hepatitis C virus (4.6 %). Co-infections with more than one virus were found in 22 patients, with HBV–HEV the most common co-infection (3.8 %). Only 14.7 % of patients had no viral marker. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented epidemiological study of acute sporadic hepatitis with HEV in the state of West Bengal, India, indicating that this state is an endemic zone for HEV infection.

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Saha, Subhranil, Munmun Koley, Shubhamoy Ghosh, Mohan Giri, Asim Das, and Rachna Goenka. "Documentation of Prescriptions and Clinical Outcomes in a Homeopathic Hospital Setting in West Bengal, India." Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine 20, no. 3 (2015): 180–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2156587214568459.

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Documentation of prescriptions and clinical outcomes in routine homeopathic practice is a prerequisite for conducting targeted research in homeopathy. Six homeopathic physicians participated in methodical data collection over a 3-month period in 6 outpatient departments of Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India. A specifically designed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet enabled recording of consecutive appointments—date, patient identity, medical condition/complaint, whether chronic/acute, new/follow-up case, patient-assessed outcome (7-point Likert-type scale: −3 to +3), prescribed homeopathic medication, and whether other medication/s being taken for the condition. Spreadsheets were submitted monthly for data synthesis and analysis. A total of 1972 patients’ follow-up generated data of 2905 appointments, of which 2272 (78.2%) were positive, 183 (6.3%) negative, and 450 (15.5%) showed no change. Strongly positive outcomes (scores of +2/+3) were recorded in osteoarthritis, piles, cough, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, chronic suppurative otitis media, and conjunctivitis. This systematic recording short-listed promising areas of future homeopathic research.

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Mondal, Anup, and Ratandeep Kumar Agrawalla. "Spectrum of medical and surgical patients in ophthalmology department of a Government medical college in Bankura district of West Bengal – A retrospective review." Journal of Community Health Management 6, no. 3 (2019): 94–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.jchm.2019.021.

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Dey, PK, T. Bhattacharya, SN Pal, S. Das, and S. Pal. "Umbilical Myiasis in a Newborn: a case report." Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal 8, no. 4 (2013): 42–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i4.8700.

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Myiasis is an infection of live mammalian tissue by the larval forms of dipteran flies, usually infects domestic and wild animal but human may be affected sometimes. Although adult cases have been reported, neonatal myiasis is a rare condition. Umbilical myiasis is very rare in newborns with few reported cases in the literature. In this article we are reporting an eight day old female neonate from urban slum area in West Bengal (India) presented with umbilical myiasis and omphalitis. She was infected with Chrysomya spp. larvae, was clinically well. Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2012, Vol-8, No-4, 42-45 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i4.8700

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Monzur, Md Sultan E., Mohammad Muntasir Maruf, Susmita Roy, Ramendra Kumar Singha Royle, and Md Shafiqur Rahman. "Pattern of psychiatric morbidity among patients attended at psychiatry outpatient department in a private medical college hospital." Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry 30, no. 1 (2018): 10–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpsy.v30i1.37856.

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Mental health problems are often unrecognized and neglected by patients, their relatives and by the society. The objective of the study was to find out the pattern of psychiatric morbidity of the patients attending at the psychiatry outpatient department. This was a cross sectional study carried out in the department of Psychiatry at North Bengal Medical College Hospital (NBMCH), Sirajganj from August, 2015 to July, 2017. For this purpose, 918 respondents attending in psychiatry outpatient department of NBMCH were enrolled in the study by using convenient sampling technique. The results showed that majority (26.3%) were from the age group of 31-40 years with female preponderance (58.7%). Among them 71.8% were married and 71.1% came from rural background. Maximum respondent’s (56.3%) monthly family income was in between 15,000-30,000 BDT. The most common psychiatric morbidity among the respondents was major depressive disorder (38.6%) followed by anxiety disorsers (25.8%). Most (85.1%) of the respondents were referred either by themselves or by their family members, friends or by relatives. The rest (14.9%) were referred by general physicians and specialists of different disciplines. The result of this study may help in the planning for better mental health service in private medical college hospitals.Bang J Psychiatry June 2016; 30(1): 10-13

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