Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences/Guntur Medical College is a medical college in
Guntur
Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It offers graduate (master's) and undergraduate (bachelor's) courses in Medical Sciences.
The college is affiliated to the
NTR University of Health Sciences
DR Y.S.R University of Health Sciences; DR.YSRUHS: ''Ḍā. En. Ṭī. Ār. Ārogyașāstra Vișvavidyālayamu'')is a public university in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh,
History
The university was established as University of Health S ...
(NTRUHS) and is in the process of becoming autonomous as Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences.
The college works in conjunction with
Government General Hospital-Guntur
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, Executive (government), e ...
, a tertiary care hospital with 1500 beds, catering to the health needs of the public of the coastal belt of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
, India.
It has the Motto of - సత్యం - జ్ఞానం - అనంతం which means of Truth - Knowledge - Infinity
Departments
![Guntur Medical College (2)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Guntur_Medical_College_%282%29.jpg)
* Departments in the college campus: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Social & Preventive Medicine
* Departments in the hospital campus Casualty (Emergency Medicine), Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Cardiology, Neurology, Venereology, Dermatology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, Psychiatry, Neurology, Anaesthesiology, Fever Hospital, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
* The main campus works with the Guntur General Hospital on various issues. It is one of the few centers in the country to have satellite-based training.
History
![Guntur Medical College Golden Jubilee Plaque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Guntur_Medical_College_Golden_Jubilee_Plaque.jpg)
The construction of the college was started in 1946. In July 1954, clinical courses started. The college began with 50 undergraduate students. By 1960, the number was 150 studend the clinical subjects in 1958.
The college admits 78 postgraduate students every year. In addition to the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, the college trains paramedical staff like radiographers, lab technicians, lab attendants, pharmacists, nurses, and sanitary inspectors.
After the formation of the AP University of Health Sciences in 1989, it was affiliated to APUHS (now it is NTRUHS), Vijayawada.
Quiz programmes were conducted at college and national Levels to explore the skills of the students. There are sports activities and GMC students have won the University blues and athletic awards. GMC also has arts and cultural activities.
There is a students' co-operative store and a students' canteen on the campus.
The library accommodates 150 undergraduate students and 50 postgraduate students and has accommodation for staff. A reading room has been constructed by GMCANA for the benefit of students. The male students have hostel facilities located on the Amaravathi Road about 3 km. from the college. There are two buildings which provide accommodation for 302 students. A ladies' hostel opposite to Guntur Officers Club provides accommodation for 210 female students. There are college buses for the transport of students from the hostel to the college and hospital. Both hostels are located in an area which serves as a playground for sports activities.
Guntur General Hospital has a bed count of 1038. The OP departments provide medical relief for between four and five thousand people daily. The hospital houses an interns' hostel, a postgraduates' hostel, and a nursing school.
Notable alumni
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Dr. Soma Raju Bhupatiraju, cardiologist, surgeon, Chairman of CARE Hospitals
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Gopi Chand Mannam, cardiothoracic surgeon, Managing Director of Star Hospitals,
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
recipient
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A. G. K. Gokhale, Cardiac Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals,
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
recipient
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Jayaprakash Narayana, IAS, founder and President of Loksatta, Ex.MLA (Kukatpally), Andhra Pradesh
Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta)
Jaya Prakash Narayana (born 14 January 1956), is an Indian liberal politician and activist. He is the founder and president of Lok Satta Party. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Kukatpally constituency of Andhra Pradesh in ...
* Late
Kodela Siva Prasad, General Surgeon and prominent politician of TDP from Narasarao Peta, Ex.MLA, Ex.Minister and First Speaker of
Legislative Assembly of residual
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
from 2014-2019.
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Yarlagadda Nayudamma, pediatric surgeon
2019.
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Subrahmanyam Karuturi, Consultant Physician, Kify Hospital, Rajahmundry
References
External links
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GMCANA - Alumni of North America
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Colleges in Guntur
1946 establishments in India
Medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh
Educational institutions established in 1946