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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