Government Medical College, Aurangabad

Region: Maharashtra Country: India

The Government medical college (GMC) Aurangabad is a school of medicine associated with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nasik. The medical school is recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI), New Delhi. The university was founded in 1956. It is one of the leading healthcare organizations in the state of Maharashtra. The College has an outstanding training center for doctors, nurses, and DMLT students in the field of medicine.

The college is situated on the east bank of Kham River, very close to popular sightseeing attractions. The college is 5 km away from the Aurangabad railway station, 2 km away from the bus stand and 13 km away from the Chikkalthana Airport

Undergraduate courses
Out of these 150 seats 15% chairs are allotted for All Indian medical entrance examinations, while the remaining seats are allotted through state level entrance examination (MH-CET) performed by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Maharashtra. 50% of seats is reserved for backward classes. Admission to the college is based on merit

Postgraduate courses
The post-graduate students in various courses of medicine and surgery can be approved by the GMC through all India and Maharashtra state level post-graduate examinations.

Medical services
The special facilities available at GMC Hospital (GMCH) are Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU), Medicine Intensive Care Units (MICU), Neonatal Intensive Critical Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive care Unit (PICU), CT - SCAN, MRI and a blood bank.

To offer an excellent medical care for people in the province, the Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) functions non-urban health and training center at Paithan 50 km from Aurangabad. The PSM department also functions one city health care center in Shahganj.

Specialty care centers at GMCH
The super-specialty care centers at GMCH are

Cardiology and Cardio-thoracic Intensive Care Unit
Radiotherapy Centre
Government Cancer Hospital
Telemedicine Centre

Research at GMCH
Both non-clinical and scientific divisions of the school engaged in research in a variety of fields. Faculty and students of the GMCH have their analysis documents released in a number of nationwide and worldwide journeys

Residential facilities
The GMC provides hostel facilities for all its faculty members, staff and students. There are separate hostels for both men and women. Also the university separate hostels for undergraduate, postgraduate and nursing students.

Library and Reading rooms: The library has a collection of medical textbooks, national and international journals and other reference books. The reading rooms are also available