Durgapur, 02 February 2017: Today IQ City Medical College Hospital- Durgapur inaugurates a dedicated ‘Below Poverty Line (BPL) Ward’. Sri Sankha Santra- SDO Durgapur, Sri Apurba Mukherjee- Mayor DMC, Smt. Kasturi Sengupta- Commissioner DMC, Sri Francis Antony- Vice Chairman Synergy Group, Prof. Madhusudan Chaudhury, Principal, IQ City Medical College, Sri Sanjay Prasad- CEO IQ City Medical College Hospital, Prof. Dipti Bhattacharyya, Principal, IQ City Nursing College, are the dignitaries present at the inauguration.

Now, people in the below poverty line (BPL) category can avail subsidised medical treatment in IQ City Medical College Hospital in cases of heart disease, cancer, kidney problems, serious accident injuries and burn injuries, besides treatment for newborns and barring serious accidental or burn injuries. The BPL Ward is situated on the 2nd floor Ward Block, having a capacity of 30 beds.