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About The University
The Government's initiative in the mid seventies to establish new seats of learning to spur medical education and research in Pakistan helped to materialize the aspirations of the teachers to open new vistas for community oriented medical education. Consequently this institution was established on May 2, 1975 as LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Prof. Dr. Akhtar Hussain Awan was the first Principal when the College started functioning at Birdwood Road. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Sheikh was the first Professor of Anatomy while Prof. Dr. Mahmood Ali Malik and late Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghaffar laid the framework of the Physiology Department. Dr. Sanaullah was the first Administrative Officer leading an able team comprising Mr. Mian Nazir Ahmed, Mr. Zeeshan Awan and Mr. Mirza Muhammad Jamil.
On August 12th 1975, a batch of three hundred and thirteen students began their first academic day of what were to become the glorious traditions of a great institution. Two years later, the College was renamed Allama Iqbal Medical College to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the great philosopher.
Although the odds were unfavorable in the beginning, but by the grace of Allah and the painstaking efforts made by students and staff, the college progressed by leaps and bounds and has proved its worth in this very era of competition. It was housed temporarily in a borrowed inadequate building with meager Audio Visual teaching aids at the Post-Graduate Medical Institute, Birdwood Road, Lahore. The space was so limited that two shifts of teaching and practical classes were held to accommodate all the students. Soon the renovation and expansion was taken in hand to make breathing space for the medical graduates, a closed circuit TV system and a few electric gadgets were added to improve the teaching system but these efforts remained inadequate because of large number of students studying in this college.
Meanwhile, in 1980, the final plan for Allama Iqbal Medical College Complex was agreed upon and its foundation stone was laid in March 1980. 1985 marks the era of evolution in the history of Allama Iqbal Medical College when Prof. S.A.R. Gardezi took over as Principal of the college. He took the challenge of gigantic task of constructing the Allama Iqbal Medical Complex in a befitting manner in the shortest possible time. With the sanction of Rupees 670 millions out of which Rupees 370 millions were for the building and Rupees 300 millions were for the equipment, the work on the construction of the campus started. The college complex was inaugurated by the then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan on 18th May 1989. The work on 1100 bedded Jinnah Hospital started in 1988.
Initially the Services Hospital was affiliated with AIMC, but later as the College moved into its present campus in 1990, Jinnah Hospital was built as a dedicated teaching hospital. The Hospital started functioning in 1994, when the OPD was opened. Soon the department of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Pathology started working. The emergency and casualty department was opened to public on March 23rd 1995 and the Diabetes Clinic was started on May 28th 1995.
Jinnah Hospital was officially inaugurated on Feb. 2, 1996 by the then Prime Minister, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto reflecting the importance which the Government attaches to the provision of health opportunities to the community.
Today Allama Iqbal Medical College Complex has a vast beautiful campus, spread over an area of 103 acres on the canal comprising the basic departments, administrative block, library and fountain pavilion, well equipped modern lecture theatre complex and cafeteria. It provides residential facility for 1000 medical students, 200 internees, 500 nurses and a colony comprising 200 houses for the employees.
For the purpose of extra- and co-curricular activities, a sports complex including separate gymnasiums for boys and girls, swimming pool, tennis courts, hockey and cricket grounds, and an elegant auditorium with a seating capacity of 1000 have also been built.
This illustrious Complex is meeting with all the requirements of the students of Allama Iqbal Medical College at under- and post-graduate levels and a large number of patients are benefiting from it as it provides treatment in all major fields of medicine. With the co-operation of the government, and the dedication of our teachers and the commitment of our students, we intend to become the center of excellence in service for the community.
Facilities available at AIMC
Allama Iqbal Medical Complex stands as one of the greatest seats of learning medicine in Pakistan. Today the AIMC Complex can boast of having the most beautiful and well equipped campus in the country spread over a huge area on the canal. A brief account of facilities available in the campus is given below.
College Library
The college library was founded in 1976 at the Old College Campus. With the construction of the new college campus, the new library building was erected in 1989. Sandwiched between the college cafeteria and administration department, the library stands on a number of pillars and is roughly square-shaped building hollowed out from the centre. The ground floor is a tiled platform and has a number of parapets to sit. There is a beautiful fountain at the centre of the platform bounded by greenery. The facade and the flanks have attached sprawling lush green neatly cut grounds with car parking for the teachers at the back. The platform provides a rendezvous' for all the students. It's a place to rest, chat, study, and plan and relax. The platform is a sight of attraction for the faculty as well. Many of the faculty get-together meetings and dinners are conducted here.
The library complex possesses an enormous air-conditioned well-furnished hall and provides various learning resources for the faculty and the teachers. There are two main sections of library: the main hall and the internet facility next to the office of the chief librarian.
The main hall houses a vast collection of 25,500 books and various journals. Most of the books and journals are related to medicine and allied fields and written by authors of international repute. In order to keep pace with the continuously developing medical field, latest editions of various books are added regularly. The library offers good service for research activities.
The library is subscribed to 14 international medical journals of high repute and 20 national medical journals. Apart from the medical books, the library has got a collection of different encyclopedias, dictionaries, Islamic encyclopedias, English and Urdu novels and poetry.
The Internet facility is the newest addition to the library complex to keep the members abreast of the latest advances in the field of medicine.
College Auditorium
An elegant air-conditioned auditorium is present next to the Administration Department, with the facade facing the library side. With comfortable tiers of seats, auditorium holds a capacity of 1000 viewers. Upgraded with a new expensive multimedia facility, the auditorium aims to provide a vivid lecturing experience for the viewers and the presenter. Weekly Clinico-Pathological Conference, most of the scientific meetings, seminars & symposia and important lectures and addresses take place in this building. During the sports week it is the site for all the literary events and Annual Interclass Skit Competitions.
Hostels & Residence at AIMC.
Allama Iqbal Medical Complex is unique in the country in having a completely residential campus. There is accommodation for both the staff and the students.
Student Hostels
Arranged in the form of a red rose with four petals, four male hostels are present at the canal end of the college encircling a lush green square ground. There are three students and one doctor's hostel. The student hostels are named after the legendary Muslim scholars Ibn Nafees, Al Beruni and Bu Ali Sina. Each student hostel has two wings, three floors, a mess, a TV lounge and students of different classes who live in peace and harmony with each other. The doctor's hostel also has two wings, two floors and houses some of the important faculty members.
Just a few minutes walk from the male hostel area behind the oval college ground are two girls hostels and one nursing hostel.
On an average, there are 112 rooms in each hostel with rooms ranging from cubical, biseater and tetra. The hostel accommodation serves the purpose of accommodation for 1000 students, 400 nurses and 100 internees.
Each hostel is looked after by an Assistant Warden. Many aspects of the life in the hostels are managed by the students themselves such as the boarding arrangements. The hostels are provided with common rooms, canteens, prayer rooms and other common utilities. The students are required to abide by the rules and regulations governing residence in the university halls and are encouraged to develop community life conducive to healthy growth of the social aspects of their personalities.
College Academics
With changing trends the medical education needs reappraisal. Medicine across the globe has become evidence based. With the introduction of COME (Community Oriented Medical Education) and module based teaching most undergraduate medical institutes have modified their schedule accordingly.
Allama Iqbal Medical College is a rapidly progressing young institution compared to other established medical colleges in Pakistan. Yet this college over the years has not only caught up but has led the changing trends in medical education. This is now proud to have an integrated teaching curriculum in live with the teaching of modern medicine to bridge the gap between the old undergraduate style of teaching and modern post graduate training in Pakistan. The curriculum is unique and it offers integrated training and teaching in basic and clinical disciplines inline with international standards.
The delivery of medical education is a science. It requires planning, execution, monitoring & evaluation. It requires vigilant teachers and enthusiastic students. By the efforts of the Medical Education Cell, the college has a detailed curriculum of training which provides structured overview of all the five years.
Allama Iqbal Medical College possesses some of the finest brains of this country in the form of staff as well as students. Together joining hands in making this institution one of the greatest services to the People of Pakistan.
The college offers 5 year M.B.,B.S training course in affiliation with University of Health Sciences. The brief information about each academic year is given under.
Research & Publications
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Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, 10th Convocation, 2010
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