Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health

Name :

Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health

Address  :

Tezpur

Town  :

Tezpur

State  :

Assam

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

784 015

Phone  :

03712 233623

Fax  :

03712- 233623, 232215

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Microbiology
  • Neurologist
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 336

Speciality Type :

  • Single Speciality : Pediatrics

Description

Mission
To provide high quality cost effective mental health care to the people of North Eastern Region of India through exceptional services to patients staff and communities in an environment of education teaching and research


History

Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health LGBRIMH is an old mental hospital in India This premier Institute was initially set up as Tezpur Lunatic Asylum by the Imperial British Government in April 1876 The Institute was set up to provide services to the people of greater Assam following its separation from Bengal Province in the year 1875

In 1913 the name of the hospital was changed to Provincial Lunatic Asylum and in 1922 the hospital was renamed as Tezpur Mental Hospital In the beginning the hospital was under the control of the Central Government Later from 1929 to 1931 it was placed under the administrative control of the Provincial Government of Assam During this period major construction and renovation work was undertaken to increase the accommodation facilities and to enable better patient care services

A new OutPatient Department OPD complex was constructed in the year 1987 In 1988 another two storied building was constructed which is currently used as the administrative office and the academic section In the same year the hospital was renamed as Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Institute of Mental Health

In the year 1999 the Institute was handed over to the North Eastern Council NEC Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region following the orders of the Honble Supreme Court of India During the same year the Institute was renamed as Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health

On June 1 2007 the Institute was brought under the control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India

Among the well known personnel of the Institute was Late Dr NC Bordoloi the first psychiatrist in the country to receive the Padmashree Award from the Government of India
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