Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College ( غلام محمد مہر میڈیکل کالج) or GMMMC in short is the sixth public sector Medical college under the Government of Sindh where 100 meritorious students of tagged districts, including

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest city ...

, Khairpur and

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are getting education every year. It is named after Sindh politician Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar. It is a constituent College of

Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) ( sd, شهيد محترمه بينظير ڀٽو ميڊيڪل يونيورسٽي), established on July 9, 2009, is a public university of medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and allied health s ...

, located in the center of

city GMMMC is home to 500 students in the

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kin ...

programs, with clinical rotations occurring at ''GMMMC Teaching Hospital, Government Anwar Piracha Teaching Hospital, SIUT Chablani Medical Center Sukkur, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Sukkur satellite center.'' The school has a large and experienced faculty to support its mission of education, research, and clinical care. Faculty members hold appointments at basic sciences and clinical departments. There are about 114 full-time faculty members consisting of Lecturers, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, and Professors at GMMMC.

History

Presently Sukkur is the medium-sized city with a population of over half a million, sending its children to about twenty five high schools and at least one dozen colleges. With such a history, Geographical Importance and a large number of growing youth, city rightly deserved a Medical college to take care of the Medical Education and tertiary health care facilities for the people of the area. The demand of the People (particularly the youth) of Sukkur to have a Medical College was not new. In year 2002 the idea and the place of Sukkur as the central point for establishment of a medical college had been gaining grounds in the heart and minds of decision makers and people at large. Finally on 2 September 2003 that dream came true and the sixth Public sector Medical College with the name of Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar Medical College Sukkur was inaugurated by

Chief Minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief ...

Ali Mohammad Mahar Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar (Urdu, Saraiki: ); 12 January 1967 – 21 May 2019) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 25th Chief Minister of Sindh from 2002 to 2004 and then as the Federal Minister for Narcotics Control between 2018 ...

in the building of Health Technician School Sukkur. The classes were started for first batch of 40 students on 15 October 2003. Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar Medical College Sukkur was named after Philanthropist of the area, veteran Politician and Chief (Sardar

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Mahar (Sindhi tribe), Late Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar. Later on, the college was renamed on 27 December 2005 by shortening its original name to Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College (GMMMC).

Campus

Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur is established in three beautiful buildings, including the former Directorate of Health Sukkur, the Health Technician School, and the Masoom Shah Hostel of Health Technician School. The medical school building has three spacious lecture halls with the latest audiovisual teaching aids, well-equipped

laboratories A laboratory (; ; colloquially lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratory services are provided in a variety of settings: physi ...

museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

and

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

including the learning resource center (LRC) with access to the Digital Library of the Higher Education Commission through Computers. Keeping in view the extreme climate of the northern Sindh, all the buildings of GMMMC, like the Lecture halls, Dissection hall, Demonstration Rooms, Seminar Rooms, Laboratories, libraries and offices of faculty members are air-conditioned.

Library Block

Library Building was constructed as separate block in front of Academic Block No. 3. It is a two-story building, the ground floor consists of a final-year lecture hall (lecture Hall No. 4), first-floor reference library, and the second floor has a lending library for students and staff.

Academic Blocks

There are three academic Blocks in GMMMC. Ghulam Muhammad Maher Medical College

* Eastern Academic Block No.1 comprises

Anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having i ...

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemic ...

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

Departments and a lecture hall (Lecture hall No.1) * Academic Block No. 2 comprises Departments of

Pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

and

Community Medicine Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

. * Academic Block No. 3 comprises Department of

Pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

, Department of

Forensic Medicine Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, ass ...

, Lecture Hall No. 2 and Lecture Hall No. 3, Girls common room; besides that, Administration Block (having the Principal/ Dean of the College Office along with supporting staff offices, Learning Resource Center (LRC), Academic Council Hall) is also located in this block.

Hospital Block

Children Emergency Room, Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Hospital – Sukkur was established on Dec 30, 2019 which is a 40-bedded facility covering area of approx. 6300 sq. feet, providing 24/7 free-of-cost emergency services to the residents of Sukkur and its adjoining areas including Rohri, Panoakil, Khairpur, Saleh Pat and Shikarpur. ChildLife’s Emergency Room is equipped with Triage facility for assessment and categorization of patients coming to the ER. Phototherapy Units, Cardiac Monitors and Infusion Pumps are available for the patients care.

New Complex

The 53.8 Acres of land was acquired for GMMMC Complex at the Sukkur Bypass, connecting main national highway N-5 National Highway (Karachi - Lahore - Islamabad - Peshawar) with

N-65 National Highway The National Highway 65 () or the N-65 is one of Pakistan National Highway running from Sukkur in Sindh to Quetta in Baluchistan, Pakistan via Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Jaffarabad and Nasirabad. It is a two lane highways with total length of 385 ...

(Sukkur - Quetta) bypassing the congested urban roads in the city of Sukkur. The new Complex will house (In sha Allah) Buildings for, Medical College, Student Hostels, Residential Quarters for faculty and supporting staff, and 1200 bedded Teaching hospital. The foundation stone of the Complex was laid by the then

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on 30th day of May 2005. The private consultancy firm has designed the Master Plan (the detailed drawing) of the Project, and is currently supervising the construction work in the new complex which is in full swing and according to assistant engineer of the college, the construction work of new block will be completed soon.

Hostels Block

The construction work of a Girl's Hostel has been completed and now it is functional. According to assistant engineer of the GMMMC project there were 90 rooms in the girls’ hostel where about 270 students are residing while structure of boys’ hostel had been completed and finishing work is going on which will be completed soon. The girl's hostel has been named as

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Female Student's Hostel.

Recognition

Pakistan Medical & Dental Council Islamabad inspected Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur on 25 April 2008 and thoroughly re-inspected it on 22 November 2008. At the best of satisfaction the team recommended GMMMMC for registration. Federal Ministry of Health Government of Pakistan Islamabad has notified it as recognized Medical College. Now GMMMC is fully recognized by the PMDC,

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman. Its main functions are funding, overseeing, regulatin ...

(HEC), and the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

(WHO). The

College of Physicians and Surgeons of 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. ...

has recognized its Teaching Hospitals for post-graduate

training Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance. I ...

leading to FCPS and MCPS degrees in different disciplines of Medicine and surgery.

Departments

* Basic medical sciences **

* Medicine and allied ** Internal Medicine **

Pediatrics Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

Cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular h ...

Neurology Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal ...

Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial p ...

Nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function ( ...

Dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medica ...

* Surgery and allied **

General Surgery General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thy ...

Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and ...

Orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

Ophthalmology Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a me ...

Otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

(ENT) **

Cardiac Surgery Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to co ...

* Surgery and allied (Cont.) **

Pediatric Surgery Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. History Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birth defects requ ...

Anesthesiology Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, ...

Urology Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

Neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and pe ...

Radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiat ...

Oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

Education

Undergraduate

* A five-year program of

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United K ...

(

)

Postgraduate

Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan The Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) is a fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) who holds a professional qualification (fellowship) awarded after completing specialized training in a selected area of spe ...

( FCPS). * Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan ( MCPS)

Attached Teaching Hospitals

* GMMMC Teaching Hospital, Sukkur * Government Anwar Piracha Teaching Hospital, Sukkur
SIUT Chablani Medical Center Sukkur

National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Sukkur satellite center

Admission

A student is eligible to apply after a

Higher Secondary School Certificate The Higher Secondary School Certificate is a secondary qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Higher Secondary Education The Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh recognises "Higher Secondary Education" und ...

(HSSC)/

A Level The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational au ...

/ any other Equivalent examination. Candidates are selected by a rigorous admission process that includes a competitive centralized

Medical College Admission Test The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT; ) is a computer-based standardized examination for prospective medical students (both Allopathic M.D. and Ostepathic D.O.) in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Caribbean Islands. It is designe ...

(MDCAT) conducted by NTS annually. Merit is determined by the marks obtained on the MDCAT,

HSSC The Higher Secondary School Certificate is a secondary qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Higher Secondary Education The Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh recognises "Higher Secondary Education" unde ...

/ A Level/ Equivalent examination and SSC/

O Level The O-Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education. It was introduced in place of the School Certificate in 1951 as part of an educational reform alongside the more in-depth ...

/ Equivalent examination.

References

External links

Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur
The Official website
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University
The University to which the college is affiliated {{Medical schools in Pakistan Medical colleges in Sindh Sukkur Public universities and colleges in Sindh