About GMC
Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, one of the oldest medical colleges in North India and first one in the Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) State is currently in its 65th year of birth. It has a leading role in contributing major portion of healthcare manpower to the J & K State. It has been contributing towards producing many renowned and leading clinicians not just in Sub-Continent, but all over the world since its inception.
GMC was established in year 1959 with few room dispensary at banks of Jhelum near current LD hospital .GMC has emerged as premier medical college of the country. Apart from nurturing Medical professional over after few decades.GMC is providing a healing touch to majority of population of state. It was in 1959 that Col. G V S Murthy took charge as the first Principal of GMC. Anatomy and physiology were the first departments started in the dispensary located near current LD hospital. Two years later, college was shifted to the present day location at Karan Nagar. On 25th of august 1961 GMC was formally inaugurated by then Prime Ministry of the State of Jammu and Kashmir Mr. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad.
Soon after inauguration a batch of 50 undergraduated students were admitted in the college
In 1966 PG Courses in Pre-Clinical subjects where started it was in 1968 Post graduation course in clinical subjects got under way in GMC. With time govt. Medical college started training of Para-Medical staff like Radio-graphers, Lab-Technicians Lab-Attendants , Pharmacist , Nurses and sanitary Inspectors.
In 1970`s and 1980`s are considered to be the golden period in the history of Govt. medical college. At this time GMC Srinagar had students not only from various stages of India but from foreign countries as well.
SMHS Hospital was now a major teaching institute imparting undergraduate and post graduate Medical Training in all allied specialties of Medicine, Surgery, and Gynecology. At this point Medical services became more specialized and differentiated. It was time for expansion. One of the major achievements of this expansion was separate 100 Bed Maternity Hospital at Lal Mandi.
With increasing population a hundred Bed Maternity Hospital was unable to cater to the rush of the patients. On the orders of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah The hospital was further expanded to the present day 500 Bed Lal-Ded Maternity Hospital.
A separate Children Hospital was commissioned arrest by fruit Mandi. Likewise Bone & Joint Hospital was also established for treatment of Orthopedic alignment. However the SMHS became the main focus a building started coming up in its vicinity. It was the period when GMC used to be a top 10 Medical Colleges in country.
Currently GMC Srinagar provides undergraduate (MBBS), postgraduate(MD/MS/DNB) and super specialty courses( DM, DrNB, MCH) and PhD courses in various medical specialties. The college is affiliated with the University of Kashmir and recognized by the NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION (NMC). The yearly intake capacity for MBBS is 180, MD/MS 264, DNB and DrNB 39 and post MBBS Diplomas 3. The institute provides 15% reservation for MBBS admissions to the students from other states and Union territories and 50 % reservation for PG courses. The Institute provides 50 % reservation for female students for MBBS course. In accordance with NMC guidelines, the institute provides 7.5 % reservation to the foreign medical graduates for internship. The College provides hostel facilities to undergraduate and post graduate students. There are 22 broad specialties and 16 super specialties. The College has produced various Alumni working at reputed institutions throughout the world GMC Srinagar is known for its experienced faculty, advanced teaching methods, and comprehensive medical curriculum. The 8 associated hospitals- Govt. SMHS Hospital, Govt. Lal Ded (Maternity )Hospital, Govt. Bone and Joint Hospital, Govt. Children hospital, Govt Chest disease hospital, Govt. Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Psychiatry) Hospital , Super Specialty Hospital and Kashmir Nursing Home with total bed strength of 3150 including 135 ICU beds , serve as training grounds for students and also offer extensive healthcare services to the community. These hospitals are located at a distance of 5-10 kms . The total sanctioned strength of faculty is 530 and out of which 346 are in place. The College also has One Medical Block (Hazratbal) which also serves as training area for different courses. In addition to academics, GMC Srinagar is involved in medical research with about 100 publications / year in indexed journals, chapters in reputed books and presentations by faculty in national and international conferences. Various conferences, CME’s and workshops are being conducted by the departments regularly . The faculty and the students apply for various grants through ICMR and other funding agencies and college also has well established Medical Research Unit attached to it. The College has well established Library with 36,220 books and Journal subscription of more than 100 and every department has its own library. The college ranked among the top medical institutions in northern India several times