Guntur Medical College
Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences/Guntur Medical College is a medical institute in India. It is one of the medical colleges in Guntur, offering graduate (Masters) and undergraduate (Bachelors) courses in Medical Sciences. It is located in the heart of the city of Guntur, India.The college is affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences and is in the process to become autonomous as Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences.The college works in conjunction with Government General Hospital-Guntur - a tertiary care hospital with 1500 beds, catering to the health needs of the public of the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh, India.Departments Departments in the College campus: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Social & Preventive Medicine Departments in the Hospital campus Casualty , Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Cardiology, Neurology, Venereology, Dermatology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy,Psychiatry, Neurology, Anaesthesiology, Fever Hospital, Surgery, Orthopaedics, E.N.T, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The main campus works with the Guntur General Hospital on various issues. It is one of the few centers in the country to have satellite based training.,.HistoryThe construction of the college was started in 1946. In July 1954 Clinical courses started. The college began with 50 undergraduate students. By 1960, the number was 150 students. The postgraduate courses in Pre-Clinical subjects started in 1956 and the Clinical subjects in 1958.