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GMC Srinagar Online
The Home Page of Govt. Medical
College (& Associated Hospitals) Srinagar.
Government
Medical College,
a premier institute of J&K was founded in the year 1959 with the aim of imparting
quality education and provide basic health services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir
by producing doctors of high caliber from the valley itself, to serve the large and
rather backward population of the state. In the forthcoming years the college progressed
to such an extent that it surpassed all the initial expectations which the people had from
it. Four decades later GMC Srinagar, along with its associated hospitals covers every field
of health care, from the basic dispensaries to providing advanced medical facilities like MRI
and CT Scan to the masses and that too at heavily subsidized and affordable
rates. The college
has played a very important role in the development of Kashmir and produced a huge number of
doctors of the highest quality and merit. The doctors produced from this college are quickly
absorbed by the hospitals inside and outside the state, and make sure that they never let down
the prestigious institution that had made doctors out of them. The glory of this institution
has continued up to this day with a hundred bright young doctors passing out of the gates of
the college every year, always remaining miles ahead from their counterparts who pass from
other institutions. Each day the college and it's hospital provide care and relief to about
10,000 people from near and far off places. Besides providing teaching to the under-graduate
M.B.B.S students the college also imparts Post graduate training in various fields like Surgery,
Medicine, Pathology, Psychiatry etcetera. The teaching staff comprises of highly qualified doctors
, each of whom is a master in his or her field. The classes are held in the college and in the
hospitals, as the case may be. The college also conducts educational tours to different places in
India. This college has and will remain a dream for all the bright and aspiring students of J&K,
a dream whose realization lies in being a part of this institution, an institution which has shaped
the future of so many and continues to do so.
GMC Srinagar was started in 1959 in a place called
Hauzribagh in Srinagar (Capital of Jammu and Kashmir) on the banks of
the Jhelum river. The first principal of GMC Srinagar was Col
Murti. The building was later shifted to the present day location in
1961 and was inaugurated by Mr. Bakshi Ghulam Muhhamad the then
Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir on 25th August 1961 .
The old location now houses the Lalded hospital for women (Obstretics
and Gynae) and the Children hospital, both of which are associated
hospitals of GMC Srinagar. The college was renowned all over for
its standard of teaching as well as for its breath taking beauty. For
many years the college was ranked at number 4 in all India ranking
of Medical colleges and also retained this ranking for many
an years. Unfortunately due to the political conditions in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir, the college lost much of its shine and glory, losing
its place to colleges which were far behind it in all aspects. However
after 10 years of apathy, and under the able administration of the new Principal
Dr Rouf , the college has come back on its tracks
and with a promise to regain all that it has lost in all these years.
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