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Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) is a self-financed medical college cum multi-specialty hospital established by the
Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...
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Bhuj Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. Etymology According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...
city of Gujarat state. GAIMS is affiliated to Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University. Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) is first Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) endeavour between Government of Gujarat and Adani Education & Research Foundation. GAIMS is the only Medical College and Multi-Specialty Modern Teaching District Hospital in Kachchh District.
Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...
entered in agreement with
Adani Foundation Adani Group is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad. It was founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, with the flagship company Adani Enterp ...
for establishing Medical College in Kachchh region and handing over the operations of G. K. General Hospital,Bhuj. Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) – medical college is established since 2009


History

Under the unique PPP model high tech medical college was established since 2009 in Bhuj. In affiliation with Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma (KSKV) Kachchh University, GAIMS is recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI) for Undergraduate course Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with annual intake of 150 seats. In addition GAIMS is permitted by MCI for 15 different MD/MS Post Graduate courses with total annual intake of 51 seats in various specialities. G. K. General Hospital (GKGH) is the attached teaching Government hospital which is the only Multi-Specialty Modern Teaching District Hospital in Kachchh district. GKGH provides treatment to all classes of patients particularly poorest of poor patients. GKGH has more than 750 beds, 14 operating theatres, various intensive care units - ICU, ICCU, PICU, NICU, RICU, MICU, and SICU – totallying 58 beds, a modern radiology center with a 1.5 tesla MRI machine, 16 slice CT scan machine and other infrastructure facilities. The District Hospital of Kutch, G K General Hospital, Bhuj was completely collapsed in major earthquake happened in January 2001. In the aftermath of the disaster, the
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decided to rebuild the hospital with latest technology known as the Base Isolation Technique a technique known for Earth Quake resistant structural building.
Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary ...
entered in agreement with
Adani Foundation Adani Group is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad. It was founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, with the flagship company Adani Enterp ...
for establishing Medical College in Kachchh region and handing over the operations of G. K. General Hospital, Bhuj. Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS) – medical college is established since 2009.


College

The entire campus spreads in total 27 acres of land in the middle of the Bhuj City which consists various blocks of Medical College, Teaching Hospital, Hostels for UG / PG students separate blocks for boys and girls, Residential quarters for teaching and non-teaching staff.http://www.gaims.ac.in/index.html , title=Adani Foundation , publisher=Adani Foundation , date= , accessdate=2016-08-06 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905094845/http://www.adanifoundation.org/focus-area/initiatives?contentid=gaims , archive-date=5 September 2016 , url-status=dead


References

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