Maulana Azad Medical College

Name :

Maulana Azad Medical College

Address  :

2 Bahadur Shah Zafar marg

Town  :

New Delhi

State  :

Delhi

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

110002

Phone  :

011-23239271 to 23239279/011-23231478

Fax  :

23235574

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@mamc.ac.in

Description

The Maulana Azad Medical College is situated in the capital city of Delhi It straddles the historic old city of Delhi on one side and the more modern Lutyens Delhi on the other The sprawling campus includes the college and three of its major associated hospitals namely Lok Nayak Hospital and GB Pant Hospital and the Guru Nanak Eye Centre This institution is named after the great patriot and educationist Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad and has been in existence since 1959

The primary aim of this institution is to produce competent basic doctors specialists and super specialists It has endeavored to promote all facilities conducive to learning and furtherance of knowledge by

Contribution towards national health care delivery system by providing
efficient and expert medical services through the associated hospitals

Establishing routine and specialized laboratories of excellence and other
investigative facilities

Pursuance of objectives of medical education by improving the course
contents continuing education and strengthening of research activities

Extending medical support to the local authorities for health care
programmes

Extending health care facilities to above 30000 rural population of Delhi
through its organized centers in the community

History

Maulana Azad Medical College and associated hospital complex consist of four integral units names Maulana Azad Medical College Lok Nayak Hospital Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Centre The college was established twenty two years after the commissioning of Irwin Hospital a well established general hospital drawing patients mainly from Delhi and from the neighboring states of Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan

This ideally situated general hospital with long years of reputation paved the way for realization of this medical college

The college made its humble beginning in hospital block of Irwin Lok Nayak hospital 1958 The foundation of main building of the college was laid by Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant the then Home Minister of India on 24th October 1959 this building was declared open by the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on 26th February 1961

In 1964 Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital was added to the complex to provide training facilities and superspecialties The Guru Nanak Eye Centre came into existence on 20th December 1977 with the commissioning of a separate out patient department for ophthalmic diseases The wards for the indoor patients were added in 1986 The long awaited demand of the residents of Union Territory of Delhi for a Dental wing was met with the establishment of a separate Dental Wing in 1983 This wing has become fully established Dental College since 2003