Government Medical College, Aurangabad

Government Medical College, Aurangabad is a medical school affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik.[2] The College is recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI), New Delhi for medical education in India.[3] Founded in 1956, it is one of the premier medical institutions in the state of Maharashtra. At present, the college accepts 200 students per year for the undergraduate course MBBS and around 127 students per year for the various postgraduate courses.[4]

Government Medical College, Aurangabad
MottoSelfless service
TypeEducation and research institution
Established1956
EndowmentGovernment Funded
DeanK. A. Yelikar[1]
Undergraduates200 per year
Postgraduates127 per year
Location
Aurangabad
,
Maharashtra
,
India
AffiliationsMUHS,Nashik
Websitehttp://www.gmcaurangabad.com/home.html

Location

The college is located on the east bank of Kham river in northwest part of Aurangabad city, very close to famous tourist attractions like Panchakki, Bibi Ka Maqbara and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. The college is 4 km away from the Aurangabad Railway Station,1.5 km away from the central bus stand and 11 km away from the Chikkalthana Airport.

History

The college was established on 15 August 1956, on the occasion of the 10th independence day of India. The college was started with 50 undergraduate students in a small Nizam Bungalow in the cantonment area of the city, while infectious, obstetrics & ophthalmology wards were located at Amkhas in the other part of the city. The foundation stone for the present main building of the medical college was laid down by then chief minister of Bombay State, Yashwantrao Chavan, in presence of Swami Ramanand Teerth, on 27 October 1957. The building was inaugurated by Sushila Nayyar, then Minister of Health, Government of India, on 20 June 1964. Various other buildings were added to the campus over a period of time. For initial few batches, after completing the first year in the college students had to go to Government Medical College, Nagpur, to complete their second and final year of MBBS curriculum. From its inception till 1963, the college was affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad. After 1963, it was affiliated to the newly formed Marathwada University (now Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) located at Aurangabad.

The admission strength of college was subsequently increased to 100 undergraduate students per year and now it is allowed to take 200 MBBS students per year. Similarly, post graduation seats were added to various departments of the college; the current intake capacity is 127 post graduate students per year.[5] The college & hospital complex now consists agglomeration of 30 buildings spread over 99 acres. The hospital of the college started with 300 beds in a small Nizam Bungalow in 1960 is now equipped with 1170 beds distributed across various departments and wards.[6][7]

The college has been providing medicinal services to the people of Marathwada region and surrounding districts of Vidarbha and Khandesh regions round the clock for the last 57 years.

Past Principals of the Institute
List of GMC Aurangabad's Deans displayed in front of Dean's Office at GMC main building
Sl. NoNameStart date of termEnd date of term
1Dr. B.S. Kulkarni9 August 195610 July 1957
2Dr. T.S. Rao11 July 19577 July 1959

Past Deans of the Institute
Sl. NoNameStart date of termEnd date of term
1Dr. P.M. Bhandarkar8 July 195924 November 1961
2Dr. G.K. Karandikar25 November 19613 March 1968
3Dr. Ashthaputre4 March 196810 June 1968
4Dr. H.I. Jhala11 June 196829 April 1970
5Dr. M.R. Dhamdhere10 July 197022 May 1972
6Dr. V.G. Ganla23 May 197221 January 1976
7Dr. P.C. Bansal22 January 197623 February 1977
8Dr. P.S. Vaishwanap24 February 197730 June 1979
9Dr. V. R. Deshpande10 August 197910 June 1981
10Dr. A.M. Vare10 June 19814 February 1987
11Dr. R. S. Kanchan5 February 198717 October 1987
12Dr. B.S. Chaubey18 October 19875 September 1988
13Dr. R.V. Agrawal6 September 198816 September 1989
14Dr. H.B. Dahat17 September 198923 October 1990
15Dr. V.B. Dave24 October 199031 March 1991
16Dr. V.L. Deshpande6 May 199430 June 2001
17Dr. D.S. Kulkarni16 July 200131 July 2002
18Dr. A.K. Malik1 August 20023 March 2003
19Dr. Mrs. V. P. Patil4 March 200323 October 2003
20Dr. N.E. Nimale24 October 20031 August 2004
21Dr. A.B. Solpure3 August 20044 March 2005
22Dr. Mrs. V. P. Patil4 March 200531 August 2006
23Dr. A.K. Malik1 September 20061 July 2007
24Dr. N.V. Dravid2 July 200731 August 2009
25Dr. A.P. Kulkarni1 September 200923 September 2009
26Dr. C.R. Thorat24 September 200931 July 2015
27Dr. K. S. Bhople2 May 201130 Nov 2014
28Dr. C. B. Mhaske1 August 2015Incumbent

Academics

The courses offered by the institute are:

  • M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 200 students)
  • M.D./M.S.
  • B.Sc. in Nursing (Annual intake of 50 students)
  • Diploma Course in Medical Laboratory Technology (DMLT)
  • Bachelor of Para medical Technology (BPMT)

The graduates from the institute are highly placed & are catering medical services in various fields in India & abroad.

Admissions

Undergraduate courses

The GMC, Aurangabad accepts 200 students every year for MBBS course. The admission is based on merit in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.[5]

The college has 120 BPMT student intake. The BPMT course is for the posts of lab technician, radiology technician, radiotherapy technician, community and medicine technician etc.

Post-graduate courses

The post-graduate students in various courses of medicine and surgery get admitted to GMC through all India and Maharashtra state level post-graduate medical entrance examinations.

Medical services

The special facilities available at GMCH, Aurangabad include Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU), Medicine Intensive Care Unit (MICU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), CT scan, MRI and a blood bank amongst other facilities. It is backed up by Central & Departmental Laboratories for all the investigations round the clock.

To provide a quality healthcare for people in rural area, the Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) department of GMC operates one rural health and training centre at Paithan 50 km from Aurangabad. The PSM department also operates one urban healthcare centre in the Shahganj area of Aurangabad.

Speciality care centres at GMCH

The super-speciality care centres at GMCH include

  • Cardiology and Cardio-thoracic Intensive Care Unit
  • Radiotherapy Centre[8][9]
  • Government Cancer Hospital[10]
  • Telemedicine Centre[11][12]

Research at GMCH

Both non-clinical and clinical departments of the GMCH are involved in active research in number of fields. Faculty and students of the GMCH have their research papers published in number of national and international journals.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Sandfly fever, an aroboviral disease is known to occur in the arid regions of West Pakistan and Middle East. Its occurrence in India was thought to be doubtful. However, in 1967, the sandfly fever virus was isolated in Aurangabad from febrile cases.[19]

Residential facilities

The GMC provides residential facility for all its faculty members, staff and students inside the campus. There are two hostels for male undergraduate students (Old and New Boys Hostel), a single hostel for female undergraduate students and a separate hostel for Nursing students.[4] Post-graduate students have a separate residential block. The quarters for nursing and other staff are also located inside the campus.

Campus
GMC Main Building
  • College & hospital buildings: The GMCH is spread over 40 hectare (99 acres) of land. The main administrative and teaching building of college is a four story tall building; built in colonial style with red stones, stone pillars and broad doorways. The main building contains various offices on ground floor, Dean's office on first floor, number of lecture theaters, anatomy museum, pathology museum, PSM museum, canteen and an auditorium with seating capacity of 800. The other buildings in campus include Out Patient Block (OPD), Surgical and OBGY wards block, Medicine wards and Super-Speciality (Cardiology & CVTS) unit. Government Dental College which offers BDS degree is also located in the same premises.
  • Library and Reading rooms: The College has a library with a good collection of medical text books, national and international journals of different faculties and various other referral books. Two separate reading rooms are available for undergraduate and post graduate students.
  • Gymkhana: The College maintains a gymkhana to provide facilities for sports and recreation for students and faculty members inside the campus. The gymkhana includes table tennis court, badminton court and volleyball court.

See also

References
  1. "MCI Information under B1.11" (PDF). Government Medical College Aurangabad. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. M.U.H.S. College Information Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. MCI List of Colleges Teaching MBBS in India Archived 18 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Information from DMER Official website
  5. GMC, Aurangabad Official Website
  6. "Yahoo Campus Information". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  7. "घाटीतील चतुर्थ श्रेणीची १५७ पदे रिक्त". लोकमत (Marathi Newspaper). India. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  8. Central Bureau Of Health Intelligence - India: LIST OF RADIATION THERAPY CENTRE
  9. "कोबाल्ट युनिटमध्ये कर्करुग्णांसाठी अनेक सुविधा". सकाळ (Marathi Newspaper). India. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  10. "Govt hospitals gear up to tackle cancer". The Times of India. India. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  11. Govt. of Maharashtra NHRM Website
  12. "With The Help Of Telemedicine, 11 Super-Speciality Hosps Reach Out To Doctors & Patients In Africa". The Times of India. India. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  13. Ingle, A.; Patil, S.; Bindu, R.; Kulkarni, A.; Kumbhakarna, N. (2012). "Mucinous carcinoma of the male breast with axillary lymph node metastasis: Report of a case based on fine needle aspiration cytology". Journal of Cytology. 29 (1): 72–74. doi:10.4103/0970-9371.93228. PMC 3307461. PMID 22438625.
  14. Damle, A.; Gaikwad, A.; Patwardhan, N.; Duthade, M.; Sheikh, N.; Deshmukh, D. (2011). "Outbreak of human buffalopox infection". Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 3 (2): 187–188. doi:10.4103/0974-777X.81698. PMC 3125034. PMID 21731308.
  15. Nillawar, A.; Bardapurkar, S. J.; Bardapurkar, J. S. (2012). "High sensitive C-reactive protein as a systemic inflammatory marker and LDH-3 isoenzyme in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease". Lung India. 29 (1): 24–29. doi:10.4103/0970-2113.92358. PMC 3276029. PMID 22345910.
  16. Patil, S.; Deshmukh, D.; Dixit, J. V.; Damle, A. S. (2011). "Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of acute diarrheal disease: A shoe leather epidemiology". Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 3 (4): 361–365. doi:10.4103/0974-777X.91060. PMC 3249992. PMID 22224000.
  17. Deshmukh, V. L.; Yelikar, K. A.; Deshmukh, A. B. (2011). "Comparative Study of Intra-cervical Foley's Catheter and PGE2 Gel for Pre-induction Ripening (Cervical)". The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India. 61 (4): 418–421. doi:10.1007/s13224-011-0063-2. PMC 3295881. PMID 22851824.
  18. Kulkarni, S.; Kulkarni, S. (2011). "Use PEEP for treating capnothorax". Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. 55 (5): 550–552. doi:10.4103/0019-5049.89913. PMC 3237171. PMID 22174488.
  19. Bhatt, P. N.; Dandawate, C. N.; Rodrigues, F. M.; Bhagwat, R. B. (1971). "Isolation of a virus belonging to the Phlebotomus fever virus group from febrile cases in Aurangabad". The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 59 (10): 1633–1640. PMID 5003542.

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