DG Khan Medical College

Ghazi Khan Medical College
غازی خان میڈیکل کالج
Motto Duty, Devotion
Type Public
Established 2010 (2010)
Principal Prof. Dr. Shamim Hassan
Location Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus 229 Kanals
Colours Light blue     
Affiliations PMDC, UHS
Website

http://www.gkmc.edu.pk/

https://www.facebook.com/gkmc.edu.pk/

Ghazi Khan Medical College (Urdu: غازی خان میڈیکل کالج), established in 2010, is a public school of Medicine located in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.

District Headquarters Hospital is attached to the college as the teaching hospital.

History

The project for four new medical colleges was presented by a seven member King Edward Medical University team earlier in 2009. On 27 November 2010, Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of four new medical colleges including DG Khan Medical College.[1]

The government allotted the land for the college, where the campus would be completed at the cost of Rs. 2 billion.[2][3]

The first batch of 100 students was admitted in Session 2010-11 and their classes were started at Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur,[4] which were shifted to the DG Khan Campus on November 28, 2011.

Professor Dr. Niaz Baloch was appointed as the principal of newly created medical college. Dr. Niaz Baloch was replaced in 2012 by Professor Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Arain. Currently Prof. Dr. Shamim Hassan is the Principal of the college who took charge in start of 2014.

Campus

The college is located at a short distance from the DHQ Hospital. The campus is spread over 229 Kanals of land. The DHQ Hospital is located adjacent to the college. The total area of the entire campus, hospital, and hostel area is approximately 650 Kanals.

The campus consists of three main lecture theatres, five demonstration halls, four science laboratories, one museum, one library, one canteen, seven basic medical science departments, and two separate hostels for boys and girls.

Departments

  • Administrative departments
    • IT Department

Admission policy

The College admits 100 students on open merit. Admission is gender neutral and is granted through a centralized Medical College Admission Test conducted by the University of Health Sciences Lahore annually.

Teaching hospital

DHQ Dera Ghazi Khan has been attached with Nawaz Sharif Medical College as a teaching hospital. It was established in 1901 as a small civil hospital. With the formation of DG Khan Medical College, it was upgraded to 500 beds in 2010 and attached with Ghazi Khan Medical College.

Library

Over 1,400 textbooks, medical journals, and internet facility are available. Its seating capacity is 45 with an average of 30 seats of each textbook.

See also

References

External links

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