Gauhati Medical College and Hospital

Name :

Gauhati Medical College and Hospital

Address  :

Guwahati

Town  :

Guwahati

State  :

Assam

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

781032

Phone  :

91-2134538 / 2130236

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

gmch-asm@nic.in

Description

About Gauhati Medical College

Dr John Berry White MRCS a British Surgeon of the East India Company was the pioneer to start Health Education and health care in Assam He established a medical school known as Berry White Medical School at Dibrugarh Assam in 189899 In course of time this medical school was upgraded and on 3rd Nov 1947 the Assam Medical College Dibrugarh was established and it stands as the first medical college in Assam

With increasing demands for health care and health education the need for more medical colleges in Assam was keenly felt The State Government in 1959 headed by Mr BP Chaliha the then Chief Minister of Assam Mr Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed the then Finance Minister and Mr Rupram Brahma as the then Medical Minister of Assam decided to have a second medical college in Assam On 7th Nov 1959 the State Government set up an expert committee to go into the matter and submit their report

The expert committee comprised of the following members

Dr Basudev Narayan member Medical Council of India and
the Principal of Kakinda Medical College He was the chairman of the committee
Dr AB Dasgupta Medical Secretary
Dr BL Choudhury Director of Health Services DHS Assam
Dr RI Cunvill Director of Pasteur Institute Shillong
Dr SN Sarma Principal Assam Medical College Dibrugarh
Dr GS Das MLA Guwahati
Dr B Bhattacharyya Silchar
Raisahab Apurba Dutta Silchar
Dr UC Bardoloi Retired Director of Health Services Guwahati
The Assam Government decided to have both the medical colleges simultaneously from August 1960 So a second technical expert committee was formed on 6th April 1960 to go into the details with the following members

Dr BL Choudhury DHS
Dr SN Sarma Principal Assam Medical College AMC Dibrugarh
Dr I Jahan Prof of Physiology AMC Dibrugarh
Dr O Lyngdoh Prof of Anatomy AMC Dibrugarh
Mr Pundarikakhya Sarma Chief Engineer Public Health
After several rounds of discussions the committee visited the sites at Ulubari Jalukbari Chandmari and other areas of the city of Guwahati and also different parts of Silchar The committee submitted its report on 26th April 1960 stating that it was feasible to start the Gauhati Medical College from August1960 in the vacant Ayurvedic College buildings and the Physical Education Training buildings at Jalukbari Guwahati but no such place was immediately available at Silchar to start the Silchar Medical College The committee recommended Ulubari for Gauhati Medical College and Ghungoor for Silchar Medical College to be the permanent sites

So the State Government decided to start the colleges with preclinical classes in the vacant buildings of the Ayurvedic College at Jalukbari Guwahati with 60 students for Gauhati Medical College and 40 students for Silchar Medical College as a twin college By a State Govt order no MMD2756045 dated 26th June 1960 Dr SN Sarma the then Principal and Supdt of the Assam and Supdt of the Assam Medical College amp Hospital Dibrugarh was entrusted with the responsibility to make all necessary arrangements for starting the preclinical classes at Jalukbari from August 1960 and also for taking necessary steps for establishment of the proposed medical colleges at Gauhati and Silchar in addition to his duties in the AMC Dibrugarh

Accordingly the vacant Ayurvedic College buildings at Jalukbari were taken over and arrangements were started by August 1960 On the 20th September 1960 the functioning of the Gauhati Medical College was formally inaugurated The first batch of the 100 students were interviewed and selected in the AMC Dibrugarh in the last week of September 1960 Preclinical classes were started from 10th October 1960 Members of the teaching staff were sent from AMC Dibrugarh and they were

Dr I Jahan Prof of Physiology and Prof incharge for day to day works
Dr O Lyngdoh Prof of Anatomy and to look after the official works
Dr P Goswami for Biochemistry
Mr Narayan Deka joined as Asstt Prof of Chemistry
Other staff members were appointed gradually There was no provision for staff and students at Jalukbari At Chandmari about 15 km away from Jalukbari 73 tenements of the Industrial Housing Colony some vacated houses of the Civil Surgeons office and also some vacated houses of the Engineering Institute were acquired where accommodations were provided to the staff and students who did not have their accommodations elsewhere at Guwahati Students and staff were transported in Govt buses at subsidized rates from Chandmari to Jalukbari and back Lady students were accommodated in Ayurvedic College hostel building when available Subsequently two temporary barracks were also built in the Physical Education Training building at Jalukbari where second year students were accommodated while the first year students had to come as before

The Gauhati Medical College GMC took its start under the stewardship of Professor I Jahan from October 1960 to June 1961 Professor SN Sarma was transferred from AMC Dibrugarh and he took over the charge of the Office of the Principal Gauhati Medical College on 3rd June 1961 Professor SN Sarma was the founder Principal of the Gauhati Medical College and he took great interest in the construction of the permanent college and hospital complexes Paraclinical and clinical departments were started in the Civil Hospital Campus at Panbazar Ulubari Maternity Home Emigration Hospital later on Infectious Diseases Hospital and TB Hospital at Birubari Guwahati as and when they became available The members of the teaching staff were brought from Assam Medical College Dibrugarh with the following as the heads of the respective departments

Dr LM Kakati Pathology Deptt
Dr Alimuddin Ahmed Pharmacology Deptt
Dr DC Choudhury Medicine Deptt
Dr J Mahanta Surgery Deptt
Dr RK Das Obstetrics amp Gynaecology
Dr LC Dutta Ophthalmology Deptt
Dr SN Sarma Principal GMC ENT
Dr PC Changkakati Radiology Deptt
Dr Cheniram Dutta Asstt Prof in Social amp Preventive Medicine
Civil Surgeon Guwahati Forensic Medicine Deptt
Due to non availability of a qualified person for professorship in SPM the Medical Council of India permitted Dr E Lyngdoh Professor of Medicine to be incharge of the SPM deptt as its head Later on Dr AC Patowary took over as its head DrGCMedhi took over as the Head of the Deptt of Forensic Medicine from the Civil Surgeon Guwahati Prof I Jahan was appointed as the VicePrincipal and Deputy Supdt of the Gauhati Medical College amp Hospital Mr Sarbananda Das was appointed as the Head Asstt of the college and Mr Basanta Goswami became the Head Asstt of the hospital When Mr Sarbananda Das was left as secretary of the Silchar Medical College Mr R Nobis joined as secretary in GMC

The Govt of Assam decided to construct the permanent buildings of the Gauhati Medical College amp Hospital on the Narakachal hill The PWDGovt of Assam took up the survey and started road constructions in 1962 in the Narakachal hill The Assam Govt Construction Corporation AGCC started building construction in Feb 1962 The architects entrusted were Mr JKChoudhury and Gulzar Sing of Delhi MrJKChoudhury an Assamese from Goalpara was a reputed architect and also the then President of the All India Architects Association Hostels were given the first priority and started in the foot hills of the Narakachal hill The hostels were completed and taken over and occupied in between August 1965 and October 1966 Girls hostel could be occupied in June 1968

Late Mr BP Chaliha then Chief Minister of Assam laid the foundation stone of the college building in the year 1963 The construction of the main college and administrative building at the Narakachal hill top could be started by the AGCC in April 1965 after the road was completed to the top by the PWD Part by part the main college building was taken over from April 1968 to which Preclinical Paraclinical and Central Library was shifted by August 1968 Meanwhile the Silchar Medical College was inaugurated in its permanent building under construction at Ghungoor on 15th August 1968 and thereby the twin got separated Dr Rudra Goswami was put in charge of the Silchar Medical College

In September 1968 the permanent building of the Gauhati Medical College under process of construction was inaugurated by the then Governor of Assam Mr BKNehru On 20th September1968 the then Chief Minister of Assam Mr BP Chaliha laid the foundation stone of the hospital by the side of the college main building at Narakachal hill The then Medical Minister Mr Chatrasing Teron hoisted a flag in the permanent hospital site However this construction had to be abandoned because of the presence of large rocks As stone breaking and clearing would incur massive expenditure the State Govt decided to shift the hospital construction to the foot hill of Narakachal The foundation stone was laid down on 15th August 1975 by Shri Sarat ChSinha the then Chief Minister of Assam National Building Construction Corporation NBCC was entrusted with the responsibility for construction of the hospital building The new hospital at its permanent site at the Narakachal foot hill started functioning since 1984

The Gauhati Medical College was inspected by Medical Council of India on every first examination of the first batch that is the first second and final MBBS held in 1962 1964 and 1965 respectively There were inspections also by the Gauhati University to which GMC is affiliated in 1961 1964 and 1968 Dr CS Patel President of the Medical Council of India inspected the GMC from 15th to 18th March 1966 He was so impressed with the progress of the Institution and permitted to start Post Graduate courses in GMC In February 1969 Post Graduate started in Anatomy Physiology Biochemistry Pathology Pharmacology Community Medicine Medicine Surgery Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology General Medical Council of UK recognized the bachelors degree of this college in 1969 thereby enabling the graduates to pursue higher studies in that country