Established 1997 Dean Prof. Dr. C.P.Bhaisora Postgraduates 39 per year Founded 1997 | Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.P.S Arora Undergraduates 100 per year Phone 05946 282 824 | |
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Type Medical & Research Institute Address Rampur Road, Haldwani, Nainital, Haldwani, Uttarakhand 263129 Similar Government Medical College, Agartala Government Medical, Motilal Nehru Medical, Sarojini Naidu Medical, Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial | ||
Government Medical College, Haldwani (formerly known as Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust Medical College) is a medical college in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 1997. The college is affiliated with hemvati nandan bahuguna medical University. Also known as GMC Haldwani, it is one of the fast-growing residential and co-educational medical colleges in India.
Contents
- History
- Admission process
- Courses
- Undergraduate courses
- Postgraduate courses
- Campus
- Associated hospitals and medical services
- Departments
- References
It is recognised by the Medical Council of India and Government of India.
History
The foundation of the medical college was laid on 19 March 1997, by Shri Romesh Bhandari, the then governor of Uttar Pradesh. In May 2004, the college started its first intake of 100 MBBS students.
By April 2010, "Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust" had been dissolved. All of the five institutions operational under the trust had been taken over by Department of Medical Education (Government of Uttarakhand) to operate under the name of Government Medical College, Haldwani from 1 May 2010.
Admission process
For undergraduate courses, entry to this institute is purely on the basis of merit obtained by students in either of the two competitive examinations: the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT)) and the Uttarakhand Pre-Medical Test (UPMT).
Fifteen percent of the students are admitted via the All India Pre-Medical Test, whereas 85% seats are filled via a state level exam.
The same implies for post graduate courses - 50% PG seats are filled through the All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination while the other 50% are filled through a state level entrance exam.
Courses
As on November 2013, the college conducted MBBS and MD/M.S. courses with a student intake of 100 and 39 respectively.
Undergraduate courses
Postgraduate courses
Government Medical College, Haldwani is the first post graduate college in Uttarakhand, recognised by the Medical Council of India and the Government of India. Currently the medical college offers 39 post graduate seats in various departments.
Campus
The main campus covers an area of 90 acres (0.364 km2) and is situated at Rampur Road, Haldwani.
The inside of the campus is neat and endowed with wide roads, lawns, residential complexes, sports complexes besides the administrative and teaching blocks. A 1000-person capacity auditorium is currently under construction.
There are separate hostels for each year (boys and girls) with a capacity of 150 students each.
Associated hospitals and medical services
GMC Haldwani has two hospitals associated with it - Dr. Susheela Tiwari Memorial Hospital and SRM Cancer Hospital & Research Center, - to educate its medical students and for continuously upgrading the health standards of the state of Uttarakhand.
Dr. Susheela Tiwari Memorial Hospital became functional on 26 December 1995, but was formally inaugurated on 28 July 1996. The hospital is continuously being expanded and upgraded to keep pace with both the ever increasing dependence of the local and regional populace on its services as well as to keep in tandem with the advancements in the medical field. Currently, it has a capacity of 600 beds.
Swami Rama Cancer Hospital and Research Center is functional under Government Medical College, Haldwani. It was envisioned and initiated as a State of Art Cancer Center and was formally inaugurated on 22 February 2010. There are plans to upgrade this centre to the status of the Uttarakhand State Cancer Institute. However, currently the only functional department in the Swami Rama Cancer Hospital happens to be the department of radiotherapy. The lack of oncological disciplines of medical oncology, surgical oncology, haematological oncology, gynaecological oncology and pediatric oncology is acutely affecting the population of the state at present.