Government Medical College & Hospital

Details

Name :

Government Medical College & Hospital

Address  :

Sector 32

Town  :

Chandigarh

State  :

Punjab

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

160030

Phone  :

0172 2665253

Fax  :

0172 2609360

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

In view of the ever increasing population of the city of Chandigarh a second 500bedded General Hospital had become a necessity not only for catering to the needs of patients in the southern sectors of the city but also to cater for patients from the satellite townships of Panchkula and SAS Nagar The first 500bedded General Hospital in sector 16 remains choked with the flow of patients from the first phase sectors of the city and the surrounding states of Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh and western parts of Uttar Pradesh The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education amp Research located in sector 12 Chandigarh was conceived as a premier referral centre for the northern states of India

The second General Hospital in Sector 32 had been planned to serve the second phase sectors thereby relieving pressure on General Hospital Sector 16 and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education amp Research PGIMER so that the latter could serve as a first rate referral hospital

Chandigarh best educational facilities in the country Besides the Panjab University and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education amp Research it has an Engineering College College of Arts College of Architecture a number of Government and Private Degree Colleges and other prestigious and important research institutions Somehow the city had lacked a Medical College for graduate studies ie MBBS The deficiency was most glaring GMC provides opportunity of a career in medicine to many promising students who were denied of this opportunity because of domicile restrictions imposed by the states in which these colleges are located
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