Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Koshur Kashmiri () or Koshur (, /kəːʃur/) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2020, the Parliament of India passed a bill to make ...

; ''آزاد جۄٚم تہٕ کشیٖر طِبہ ژاٹٔھل'' )or (AJKMC) is a public medical institute located in

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; ur, ) is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir, and the 60th largest in Pakistan. The city is located in Muzaffarabad District, near the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is bounded by the Pak ...

, Azad Jammu & Kashmir,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. AJKMC is home to 500 students in the MBBS program, with clinical rotations occurring at Combined Military Hospital Muzaffarabad and Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences. AJKMC was established and recognized by the

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Pakistan Medical Commission is a statutory regulatory authority that maintains the official register of medical practitioners in Pakistan. Its chief function is to establish uniform minimum standards of basic and higher qualifications in medici ...

in 2011.

History

AJKMC was inaugurated by

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani on 8 October 2011. Establishing a medical college was deemed necessary following the

2005 Kashmir Earthquake The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir. It was centred near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu an ...

, which exposed a shortage of medical professionals at medical facilities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Affiliations and recognitions

The college is affiliated and recognized by following Organizations and Institutes: *

Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences ( ur, , abbreviated as AIMS) is a hospital located in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest hospitals in the province and a teaching hospital affiliated with A ...

(AIMS Hospital) *

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan ( ur, , abbreviated as CPSP) is a regulatory college established in 1962 by a special act of the Parliament of Pakistan to oversee the postgraduate medical education and professional development. ...

Combined Military Hospital Combined Military Hospitals ( ur, , abbreviated as CMH) are Pakistan Armed Forces hospitals situated in various cantonments of Pakistan. History During the British Raj, the British Indian Army troops depended for their medical treatment enti ...

* International Medical Education Directory (

IMED The International Medical Education Directory (IMED) was a public database of worldwide medical schools. The IMED was published as a joint collaboration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation for Advan ...

) *

University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir ( Koshur:''ژاٹھَلِ آزاد جۄٚم تہٕ کشیٖر'') is located in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.

University of Health Sciences, Lahore The University of Health Sciences, Lahore (UHS Lahore) ( ur, ) is a graduate, affiliating public university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Overview University of health sciences, Lahore is an internationally recognized, student centered ...

Publications

The official scientific journals of the college is Kashmir Journal of Medical Sciences (KJMS). It contains original articles, case reports, review articles, short communication, letters to editor, and view points.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:AJK Medical College, AJK MC Universities and colleges in Azad Kashmir

History

Affiliations and recognitions

Publications

See also

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