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Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals complex consists of six integral units, namely, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital, Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Dental Wing and Sushrut Trauma Centre. The first unit to start functioning in the year 1931 was Lok Nayak Hospital (formerly known as Irwin Hospital and later named as Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital ). This is a 1500 bedded general hospital, functioning as teaching hospital for Maulana Azad Medical College and drawing patients from a very large catchment area. Besides the 12 million people of Delhi, the catchment area of Lok Nayak Hospital consists of neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and other states. The hospital is equipped with the latest state of the art equipment for comprehensive investigation and treatment of patients. Lok Nayak Hospital functions as a tertiary referral Centre and receives a large number of very complicated cases that are well advanced in the disease process. The doctors, nurses and other staff manning the hospital are experienced professionals dedicated to their job. The hospital admits nearly 65,000 patients annually. About 12 lakh patients are seen in the various outpatient departments of the hospital each year. About 12,000 major and 22,000 minor operations are performed in the hospital every year.
Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) was started in the year 1958. As stated above in the Historical Background, the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru dedicated Maulana Azad Medical College building to the nation on 26th February 1961. From April 1958 to February 1961 Maulana Azad Medical College administration and teaching was done at what is now the Pediatrics Complex within Lok Nayak Hospital. MAMC admits 180 students each year for the five year MBBS course. Since the college was started, Maulana Azad Medical College has successfully produced 5932 MBBS doctors and 2823 post-graduate qualified doctors. Maulana Azad Medical College is very sought after institution for MBBS and Post-graduate courses and for Dentistry Courses. MAMC is producing world class graduates and post-graduates where standards of education and the quality of doctors produced can be compared to similarly placed institutions in London or New York.
Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital (GBPH)
The need for a superspecialty hospital was felt soon after India gained independence. It was decided to start a superspecialty hospital within the Maulana Azad Medical College complex in memory of the great freedom fighter and first Home Minister of Independent India Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru laid the foundation stone of this superspecialty hospital on 31st October 1961. The hospital was ready in a record time of two and a half years. Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital was added to the MAMC Complex on 30th April 1964 as a Superspecialty Hospital. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru dedicated this new and state of the art Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital to the nation on 30th April 1964. GBPH caters to the superspecialties of cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, gastro-enterology and GI surgery. State of the Art facilities exist at GBPH to cater to the requirements of patient care in these areas. A fully equipped Transplant Unit is in the process of being set up at GBPH. A very experienced team of experts is there in each super-specialty to provide the service, which is equal to the best, anywhere in the world.
Dental Wing was started at MAMC Complex in 1983. The Dental Wing has successfully produced 184 dental doctors (through four-year BDS Course). The growing population and new innovations in the management of dental problems required the setting up of a specialized service. This demand of the City of Delhi was met when the new Dental Wing was started. A very experienced team of experts manages the Dental Wing. Foundation stone of the new building for the Dental Wing was laid in May 2000 and the construction of the building is now in full swing.
Guru Nanak Eye Centre (GNEC) was started on 20th December 1977. A separate out patients department was commissioned in 1977 and the facilities to admit indoor patients were added in 1986. To have a separate eye hospital was a long felt need of the City of Delhi and this requirement was met when the complete hospital started functioning in 1986. GNEC is well equipped to provide state of the art services for eye diseases and is manned by a very experienced and dedicated team of experts. The services provided at GNEC include laser treatment, corneal transplant and the latest technology for cataract surgery besides a whole lot of very complex problems of the eye that are managed very competently.
Sushrut Trauma Centre was started in 1999. The Centre caters to the needs of trauma cases. The Centre is manned by a very active and dedicated team of doctors and functions under the supervision of senior surgeons and physicians of Lok Nayak Hospital. This Centre is in biggest trauma management facility in the City of Delhi. AIMS and Functions of MAMC and Associated Institutions Complex Maulana Azad Medical College and associated hospitals complex have the following aims and functions: 1. To provide for and produce well-educated , well-trained and competent graduate doctors, postgraduate doctors ( specialists ) and superspecialists. 2. To attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education in all areas of medical sciences in India.
3(a) To provide best possible patient-care by providing efficient and expert medical services for the patients and makes a contribution towards National Health Care Delivery.
(b) To provide highest level of advice and management for patients referred from other medical institutions (tertiary referral) in Delhi and from medical institutions in other states of India.
4. To conduct research in basic and applied aspects of health sciences and to support and encourage research publications .
5. To hold examinations and confer degrees , diplomas and other academic qualifications and distinctions and titles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in conjunction with University of Delhi .
6. MAMC Institution Complex will have posts of lecturers , readers , assistant and associate professors , and professors . It will have further teaching appointments and designations in consultation with The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare .
7 (a) . To educate, teach and train medical teachers in the latest techniques of medical teaching from and for all medical colleges in India and from other similar medical institutions in the country by devising and organizing regular courses and workshops in Medical Education Science Technology .
7 (b). To conduct research in medical teaching technology to develop the best and most efficient patterns of medical teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in all specialties of medical sciences.
7 (c). To develop MAMC as a Centre where educational facilities of the highest standards are available at one place for teaching and training of medical personnel of all specialties of health sciences.
7 (d). To pay special attention to and educate residents in the art and science of medical teaching as future medical teachers.
7 (e). To train teachers , both present and future , for all medical colleges in India .
8 (a) . To prescribe curriculum and courses for undergraduate and postgraduate studies and to provide assistance to Medical Council of India to maintain and update such courses and curricula as new developments take place in different areas of medical sciences.
8 (b) . To include human relations and teaching of other aspects of humanities in undergraduate curriculum.
8 (c) . To include field training of medical, dental and nursing students of MAMC Complex in villages so as to give the students a first hand understanding of Community Health Problems .
9 . To upgrade the knowledge and skills of faculty , resident doctors , and para-medical staff by organizing conferences , seminars , symposia , workshops etc at national and international level .
10 . To develop national programs of continuing medical education ( CME ) in all fields to provide leadership and to bring about uniformity of medical education and patient care within the country .
11 . To establish and develop laboratories of excellence and other investigative facilities for purposes of teaching , patient-care and research .
12 . To set up state of the art facilities as follows : a Dental College , an Orthopedics Institute , an Institute of Neuroscience’s , a Transplant Centre , Department of Genetics Studies , an Institute for Immnumological Studies .
13 . To have a nursing college suitably staffed and equipped to train nurses to look after patients in all spheres of medical care .
14 . To extend support to the government for all healthcare programs ( including preventive measures and various disease eradication programs ) ; to extend healthcare facilities to the rural population through primary health centres . 15 . To receive grants from the government and gifts , donations , benefactions , bequests and transfers of properties both movable and immovable , from donors , benefactors , testators or transferors as the case may be in furtherance of Aims and Functions of MAMC Complex . 16 . To deal with any property belonging to or vested-in MAMC Complex in any manner considered necessary for promoting the AIMS and FUNCTIONS of MAMC Complex as enumerated above . 17 . To demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be required from time to time in consultation with the relevant authorities . 18 . To do all such other acts and things as may be necessary to further the Aims and Functions of MAMC Complex. |
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