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Government Medical College, Patiala is a public
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located in
Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...
, in the state of
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
,
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. It is the second-oldest medical college in the state.


History

Government Medical College, Patiala was proposed in October 1951 by the
Patiala and East Punjab States Union The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a States and union territories of India, state of India, uniting eight princely states between 1948 and 1956. The capital and principal city was Patiala. The state covered an area of 26,208 ...
government, under the First Five-Year Plan. The first batch was started on 29 September 1953. The classes initially started from the old building of the Rajindra Hospital, which later shifted to the Archives Department, about 2 kilometers from its current location. With the construction of the new Rajindra Hospital in 1953 the old hospital building was made available to house some of the offices of the PEPSU state. Currently the Archives Department is housed in the Rajindra Hospital, which was built in 1877 and opened in January 1883. The nearby Dufferin Hospital started construction in November 1888 and opened in October 1890. The Rajindra Hospital is named after Maharaja Sir Rajinder Singh and it receives a notable mention in 1908 by
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as the Rajindra Hospital. The hospital was known as Rajindra Hospital in pre-independence era, was sometimes mentioned as Rajendra Hospital, and currently uses the name Rajindra Hospital. With its attached 1009-bed Rajindra Hospital + 121-bed TB hospital is one of the largest health institutions in the region. The attached central clinical laboratory with facilities for hematology, pathology, microbiology, biochemistry is known as Bhupindra Clinical Laboratory.


Location and campus

The college consists of an administrative block and self-contained blocks for the basic clinical departments. The college maintains a library, computer centre and a reading room.


Affiliated hospitals

Rajindra Hospital, Patiala with 1009 beds was attached to the college in early 1951. The hospital was equipped with all the latest apparatus and instruments to make it fit for imparting clinical teaching to the students. Two well designed, spacious and well lighted lecture theatres equipped with arrangements for epidiascopes projections and audio visual aids were provided on the hospital side in addition to four lecture theatres of similar design on college side for basic departments. The department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Medicine/Pulmonary Medicine is located in a separate campus, known as the Tuberculosis Centre, Patiala which started functioning on 25 July 1953 with 22 observation beds, 11 for male and 11 for female patients with Tuberculosis.Health Department, Punjab Government. Annual Report on the Working of Hospitals, Dispensaries and Primary Health Centres in the State of Punjab. 1964. It is popularly known as TB Hospital or
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Dr. Khushdeva Singh Chest Diseases Hospital, and currently has a capacity of 121 beds. Primary health centres at Bhadson, Kauli and Tripuri are attached with this college for teaching purposes. There are three hostels, two for girls and one for boys. In addition to this there is one hostel in the Rajindra Hospital also for Doctors/Interns/House surgeons. The college has a very spacious auditorium, big play ground and an open-air theatre. The college is governed by Director Research and Medical Education, Punjab and is affiliated to
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, Faridkot.


University

Govt. Medical College Patiala is affiliated to
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) is a public university established in July 1998 under the Government of Punjab, India, Punjab Act No. 18, located in Faridkot, Punjab, Faridkot. Faculties University has about 920 Bachelor of ...
Faridkot, Established in the memory of great Sufi Saint Baba Farid by Punjab government in July, 1900 by an Act of the State Legislature, which was established in 1999.


Notable physicians

* Khushdeva Singh *
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* Dr.K.D.Singh * Amandev Singh * Karanvir Singh


References


External links

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