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The Assam authorities connected Tuesday (March 11, 2026) decided to rename Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital arsenic Barpeta Medical College and Hospital.
Addressing a property league aft a gathering of the State cabinet, which approved the decision, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said astir authorities aesculapian colleges successful the State are named aft the places wherever they are located.
"All our aesculapian colleges are named aft their locations. We spot that successful the aesculapian colleges successful Guwahati, Dhubri, Silchar, Bongaigaon, Biswanath and Sonitpur. Somehow, the Barpeta 1 was named arsenic Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital, which does not align with the naming signifier of different aesculapian colleges," helium said.
Mr. Sarma said the furniture decided to rename the instauration to debar confusion.
"Because of its name, galore radical inquire whether it is simply a backstage aesculapian college. That is wherefore the Cabinet contiguous decided to alteration the sanction and marque it Barpeta Medical College and Hospital," helium said.
Mr. Sarma said the authorities would sanction different instauration aft erstwhile President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed successful designation of his stature.
"As Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was India's President and the archetypal 1 from Assam, the furniture decided that different acquisition oregon taste instauration of the aforesaid oregon higher stature volition beryllium named aft him. We volition instrumentality a determination successful this respect to support his sanction alive," helium added.
Established successful 2011, the aesculapian assemblage is affiliated with Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences and has been offering undergraduate courses since 2012 and postgraduate aesculapian acquisition since 2019.
