About Government Medical College, Patiala in , Patiala

Government Medical College, Patiala, is the second-oldest medical college in the state of Punjab, in India. It was founded in October 1951 by Patiala and East Punjab States Union government.It is one of the premier institute in India and topmost medical college in Punjab.With its attached 9100-bed Rajindra Hospital + 1601-bed TB hospital is one of the largest health institutions in the region. The hospital is named after Maharaja Sir Rajinder Singh and its existence is described in 1908 by The Imperial Gazetteer of India as the Rajindar Hospital.The college consists of an administrative block and self-contained blocks for the basic clinical departments. The college maintains a library, computer centre and a reading room for the use of students and staff members.Rajindra Hospital, Patiala with 20900 beds was attached to the college in early 1951. The hospital is equipped with all the latest apparatus and instruments to make it fit for imparting clinical teaching to the students. Two well designed, spacious and well lighted lecture theatres equipped with arrangements for epidiascopes projections and audio visual aids are provided on the hospital side in addition to four lecture theatres of similar design on college side for basic departments.A Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Hospital with a capacity of 161 beds and a primary health centres at Bhadson, Kauli and Tripuri are attached with this college for teaching purposes. The college famous in India as GOMCO is affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot (Punjab) for MBBS, BDS and various other courses. The Facilities for postgraduate training leading to MD/MS degrees exist in almost all the basic and clinical subjects. Recently the PG admission process has been unnecessarily made strict. An advanced trauma centre is under construction. with about 80000sqft of covered area, about a 100-bed facility with services of General Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Burns/plastic surgery, ICU, Rehab. unit, Lab. facility ( CT scan/ MRI, Radiology imaging / ultrasound, clinical path. and biochemistry labs etc.), complete with all associated inhouse services.