Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital, Nanded

Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College & Hospital, Nanded

Marathi: डॉ. शंकरराव चव्हाण शासकीय वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय, नांदेड
Other names	GMC Nanded
Former names	Govt. Medical College
Motto	Service for Humanity
Type	Education and Research Institution
Established	1988
Endowment	Government Funded
Dean	Dr. Mhaisekar
Academic staff	28
Students	500 Total
Location	Nanded , Maharashtra , India
Campus	115 acres (47 ha)
Affiliations	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik & Medical Council of India
Website	www.drscgmcnanded.in

Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College (SCGMC) & Hospital - Vishnupuri, Nanded (Marathi: डॉ. शंकरराव चव्हाण शासकीय वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय, नांदेड) is Government Medical College of Maharashtra Government situated in Nanded city of Maharashtra. It was established in 1988 due to efforts of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shankarrao Chavan, and today it is named after him. The college transferred to the Vishnupuri area of the city in 2015 and is located on the Nanded-Latur State Highway.

Facilities

It has a 600 bedded hospital with an excellent facility of modern equipment. It also has 32 Operation Theatres in the OT Complex consisting of modern laminar OT's and centralized Air-conditioning. It has huge inflow of patients from Nanded city and District as well as neighboring districts of Parbhani, Hingoli and Yavatmal as well as the border districts of Telangana state. Due to large patient load and limited resources, rush and cleanliness and patient care are big problems. But still it's only resort for poor and deprived from society.

History of Institute

Initially, started in 1988, in the Vazirabad area of Nanded attached to the Guru Gobind Singhji Memorial civil hospital the hospital has grown into a much bigger hospital in an area of 115 acres campus after its shift to the vishnupuri area in the outskirts of the city offering a huge scope for expansion in future. It also has AC classrooms and a well equipped library with air-conditioners having a huge availability of over 17000 books to the students.

Admissions

Undergraduate

Every year 150 students are admitted for the course of MBBS.

Postgraduate

• MD Medicine
• MD Pediatrics
• MD Pulmonary Medicine
• MD Pharmacology
• MD microbiology
• MD Pathology
• MD Physiology
• MD Anatomy
• MD Biochemistry
• MS Orthopedics
• MS General Surgery
• MS Ophthalmology

Academics

Courses available in SCGMC

• MBBS
• MD/MS
• CPS Diploma

Achievements

Former Dean of the university, Dr. Dilip Mhaisekar was appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik.