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Government Medical College, Nagpur (Marathi: शासकीय वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय,नागपुर) is amongst the foremost teaching and medical care providing institutions in Central India. It was founded in 1947 in Nagpur. The college was earlier affiliated to the Nagpur University (1947–1997). The Government Medical College, Nagpur is now affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik. The College is recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI), New Delhi for medical education in India At present, the college accepts 200 students per year for the undergraduate course MBBS and around 84 students per year for the various postgraduate courses. The College has as excellent training center for young medical doctors, nurses, and DMLT students in the art & science of medicine. The institute also provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in physical therapy and occupational therapy apart from Master's and PhD courses in various allied specialities. A nursing school is also maintained by the institution.

With about 390 staff physicians and 550 resident doctors, the 1800 bedded hospital treats about 0.7 million out-patients and 40,000 in-patients annually and provides both basic care and advanced treatment facilities in all fields of medicine and surgery.

Funded mainly by the Government of Maharashtra, this institution render yeomen service - virtually free of cost - mostly to the underprivileged sections of the society. K S Bhopale is the dean of Government Medical College, Nagpur

Location
The college is located in northwest part of Nagpur, winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, a fast growing metropolis and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. The college is 5 km away from the Nagpur Railway Station, 2 km away from the central bus stand and 13 km away from the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.

History
The present Indira Gandhi Medical College in Nagpur came into existence in 1862 and was known as “City Hospital”. A medical school was started in 1914 in city hospital and was under Nagpur Education Board. It was named after Mr.Robertson the then Joint Commissioner of Central Province. The school started L.M.P. (Licentiate of Medical Practice)course. At that time there was no Medical College for higher studies and the students of Nagpur had to go out for Medical Education. AfterNagpur University was established in 1923, Central Provinces and Berar,a province of British India, made arrangement for higher medical education at KEM Hospital, Mumbai and Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta. This facility was available only for 10-12 students every year.

Conception
The working council of Nagpur University appointed a committee in 1943 to explore the feasibility to start a Medical college in Central Provinces and Berar. The committee recommended positively. But due to second world war, these recommendations could not be implemented. As soon as the second world war ended, Central Provinces and Berar took up some firm steps in June 1948. It requested Dr.Jiwraj Mehta the then Dean, Seth G.S.Medical College, Mumbai to suggest a suitable location for the proposed Medical college. He studied various locations around Nagpur and selected an open ground, which is the present premises opposite Rajabaksha. The land belonged to Lt.Col.K.V.Kukdey, the then chairman of Nagpur Improvement Trust who offered the land for this noble purpose. Construction started on 2nd January 1948. Central Provinces and Berar in 1946 appointed Col.A.N.Bose as a Principal and was entrusted with the responsibility  of starting the basic departments of Anatomy and Physiology. The College started functioning in the Engineering School campus, Sadar locality in Nagpur. The pre clinical class was held in the same campus, while clinical lectures were held in Mayo Hospital,the present Indira Gandhi Medical College in Nagpur. Col.A.N.Bose, M.D.,F.E.C.P. stayed in Mount Hotel.The first batch was admitted in July 1947. The students were admitted from Nagpur as well as from Sagar University. The selection criteria was merit in inter science grade and an interview. With the starting of Medical College, the LMP Course was ordered to be closed down. The students of 1946 batch of L.M.P. (Licentiate of Medical Practice)course protested for 7 to 8 months. Shri Ravi Shankar Shukla, the then Chief Minister intervened and the entire batch was transferred to GMC in 1947. This batch was allowed to appear 6 months earlier to those who were admitted in 1947 in GMC. Out of them only seven students passed in the final examination and they became the first medical graduates of this institute. An entrance examination was started in 1952, but was abandoned in the following year. The degree course was of five years without an internship. It was divided in two years in Anatomy and Physiology, two years in Pathology, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, while the final year had medicine, Surgery, Opthalmology and gynaecology. The college got Medical Council of India recognition in 1952. The internship was started from 1953 batch. It included 9 months in District Hospital and 9 months in village dispensaries.

Hospital building
The construction was started in 1948 under the guidance of Lt.Col.A.N.Bose, Dr.Jiwaraj Mehta, Col.K.V.Kukdey, Architect Shri D.G.Karajgaonkar and Sir Sobha Singh as Contractor. Within a year,i.e. in 1949, the nurses’ Hostel and present Hostel No.1 building was ready for the occupancy.In the beginning the hostel No.1 was boy’s Hostel, while the students used to be accommodated in the present nurses’ hostel. The students used to go to attend College of Sadar and for their clinical postings in Mayo Hospital, Nagpur. The temporary barracks were constructed for the wards (present T.B.campus) and few wards were started in these barracks. The present new hospital building was ready and was inaugurated on 2nd October, 1952, while the college building was ready in December, 1952 and was inaugurated by the first President of India, Hon’ble Dr.Rajendra Prasad on 27th March, 1953, and within few days, all the Departments started functioning in the present College building. The whole college is spread in 196 acres of land. The building is three storied and is constructed in over 84,000 Sq.area. The building costed Rs.42 Lac rupees. The bed strength of the hospital was 800. The Government had a budjet of Rs.2,30,00,000/- for education and research. The museums of anatomy, Pathology and Preventive & Social Medicine were one of the best museum.

Lumineries
Dr.Nigam from Surgery, Dr.Berry from Medicine, Dr.T.C.Wassan from Radiology, Dr.Mangrulkar from P.S.M., Dr.Sahastrabudhe from anatomy, Dr.Shrivastava from Pathology, Dr.Sinha from Pharmacology, Dr.Keshvachar from Ophthalmology, Dr.Narendra Singh from Physiology, Dr.Rozario from Forensic Medicine, Dr.Balkrishnan from Plastic Surgery, Dr.Devi from Gynaecology and so on. Dr.Sahastrabudhe and Dr.Shenolikar are credited to develop anatomy. In the early years, Dr.Hakim used to teach Bio-physics, Prof.Berry used to teach applied Anatomy and Physiology with a view to make these subjects more interesting.

Present status
This medical college is first centre in India where Occupational Therapy and Physio therapy School was started. This medical college had first Cobalt Unit in whole state of Maharashtrta. It also got the first C.T. Scanner in whole of the State of Maharashtra. It has the modern facility like Ultrasound 2-D Echo, ICCU, Computerized Trade Mill Test, Auto Analysers etc. Today, in addition to under graduation, the post graduation is available in almost all the disciplines. An evening pay clinics were started at respective out doors with a view that affluent in the society would be attended to. But was discontinued later. Many senior professors were hand-picked to establish the Post Graduate institute, Chandigarh and AIIMS, New Delhi.

Undergraduate courses
The institute enrolls 200 students every year.

Postgraduate courses
The institute offers Post graduate training in almost all important disciplines of medical science.

Hospital
The GMC Hospital is a 770-bed hospital (and is to become a 1000-bed hospital), located in the same campus.

Research
To conduct facility- as well as community-based research in areas like maternal, neonatal, and child health care, infectious diseases, nutritional illnesses, lifestyle disorders etc.

Lead center for State Level Monitoring of ICDS
The Department of Community Medicine has been designated the lead center for State Level Monitoring of ICDS activities in Maharashtra.

Notable alumni

 * Shrikant Jichkar, former member of the Indian National Congress
 * Prakash Amteand his wife, Dr. Mandakini Amte, Magsaysay awardee
 * Abhay and Rani Bang, Maharashtra Bhushan Award, social activists, researchers