AMC MET Medical College
AMC MET Medical College is a medical college in Maninagar, Ahmedabad. The college was established in 2009 and is maintained by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Medical Education Trust. It is affiliated to the Gujarat University and the Sheth L.G. hospital (Sheth Lallubhai Gordhandas Municipal Hospital, Maninagar, Ahmedabad). The foundation stone of the college was laid by the future prime minister Narendra Modi, who was an MLA from the Maninagar constituency at that time. The college enrolls 200 students every year for the undergraduate MBBS course. The post graduation seats in the non-clinical branches were approved in 2014 by the Medical Council of India.Clinical seats for post graduation also passed in 2016 by Medical Council of India which is 28 in number. AMC MET Medical College has increased PG seats which are 108 in number. Sheth LG Hospital has 750 beds and AMC MET Medical College is affiliated to this hospital. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation was next to Mumbai Municipal Corporation to establish Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College of its own in 1963. From this humble beginning, it has now blossomed into another medical college at LG Hospital Campus to grow as one of the most advanced and prestigious medical colleges in the country. The Medical College is affiliated to Gujarat University and Medical Council of India has granted permission to run the M.B.B.S. course. The objective of the college is not only to produce a good doctor but good citizen with empathy for poor patients. In the rating published by The Week (Indian magazine), this institute was amongst the top 15 medical institutes of the country.
| Type | Government |
|---|---|
| Established | 2009 |
Parent institution | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| Affiliation | Gujarat University |
| Dean | Dr. Dipti Shah |
| Students | 200 per year MBBS and 108 per year M.D./M.S. |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Sheth L.G. Hospital |
| Website | www.metmedical.edu.in |
The college has all the necessary infrastructure and facilities for pre and para clinical departments e.g. laboratories, dissection hall with adequate number of cadavers, museums, lecture halls with teaching aids, multimedia LCD projectors etc. To keep abreast with the recent advances, college has a library with more than 16000 books, journals and computer lab with internet facility and two reading halls of capacity of 150 seats. For recreation, facility of gymkhana and canteen are also available.
Sheth LG General Hospital is the teaching hospital attached to the college which is a 750 bedded hospital having all the Departments e.g. Medicine & allied, Surgery & allied, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, plastic surgery etc. It has got facility for emergency care and intensive care of the patients in form of Medical ICU, Pediatric ICU, Surgical ICU and Neonatal ICU, operation theatres, Radiology & Clinical Laboratory departments. The hospital also runs centre for providing family welfare services, Suraksha clinic (for sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS cases).