About Govt Medical College in karan Nagar, Srinagar

Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, one of theoldest medical colleges in North India and first one in the Jammu & Kashmir(J & K) State is currently in its 54th year of birth. It has aleading role in contributing major portion of healthcare manpower to the J& K State. It has been contributing towards producing many renowned andleading clinicians not just in Sub-Continent, but all over the world since itsinception.
GMC was established in year 1959 with few roomdispensary at banks of Jhelum near current LD hospital .GMC has emerged aspremier medical college of the country. Apart from nurturing Medicalprofessional over after few decades.GMC is providing a healing touch tomajority of population of state. It was in 1959 that Col. G V S Murthy tookcharge as the first Principal of GMC. Anatomy and physiology were the firstdepartments started in the dispensary located near current LD hospital. Twoyears later, college was shifted to the present day location at Karan Nagar. On25th of august 1961 GMC was formally inaugurated by then PrimeMinistry of the State of Jammu and Kashmir Mr. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad.

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