Bangur Institute of Neurosciences

Bangur Institute of Neurosciences
IPGMER and SSKM Hospital
Hospital within West Bengal state
Geography
LocationBhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Coordinates22°32′16″N 88°20′26″E / 22.53779°N 88.34048°E / 22.53779; 88.34048
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
Affiliated universityWBUHS
Services
History
Opened10 June 1962 (10 June 1962)
Links
ListsHospitals in India

Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, 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. The institute is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Science.

This is a government-sponsored neurological institute and a training centre in the field of neuroscience in West Bengal. Patients are regularly referred here from various hospitals in West Bengal and adjoining states. 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.