About MAMC College?
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi:-
was established in 1958. It is also known as MAMC. It is a medical college in New Delhi affiliated to the University of Delhi. The college is named after Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, an Indian freedom fighter and educationist. The foundation stone of Maulana Azad Medical College was laid by the then Home Minister of India, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. Maulana Azad Medical College is attached to the Lok Nayak Hospital (earlier known as Irwin Hospital. The college is spread over an area of 122 acres. Attached to the college are 4 other institutes - Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences and Guru Nanak Eye Centre.
Maulana Azad Medical College offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and super speciality courses ----
About MAMC College?
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi:-
was established in 1958. It is also known as MAMC. It is a medical college in New Delhi affiliated to the University of Delhi. The college is named after Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, an Indian freedom fighter and educationist. The foundation stone of Maulana Azad Medical College was laid by the then Home Minister of India, Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant. Maulana Azad Medical College is attached to the Lok Nayak Hospital (earlier known as Irwin Hospital. The college is spread over an area of 122 acres. Attached to the college are 4 other institutes - Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences and Guru Nanak Eye Centre.
Maulana Azad Medical College offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and super speciality courses in different streams that include Medicine and Allied Sciences, Pharmacy, and Sciences. The college has various departments that are Anatomy, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Community Medicine, Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, ENT, Forensic Medicine, General Medicine, General Surgery, Medical Education, Microbiology, Neonatology and many more.
The medical college has 2800 beds, 7200 daily outpatient attendance and 47 operation theatres running daily. It caters to 290 undergraduate students, 245 postgraduate and postdoctoral students per year, which are trained by 426 faculty members and 810 resident doctors. The institute has secured 17th rank in the Medical category in NIRF 2021 Ranking with an overall score of 56.35 out of 100. It was also ranked 17th in the same category in NIRF 2020 Ranking.
The similar void was also felt by others like Dr. P. C. Dhanda (Ex-Principal), Dr. S. K. Sen (First Honorary Faculty Surgeon). Dr. Dhanda recalled a meeting with Pandit Nehru, the PM to persuade him to start a medical college in Delhi. Nehru at that time was reluctant as financial resources were not favorable. At that time some of his colleagues blurted in a typical Delhi dialect. “Panditji, even Karela has three medical colleges”. Panditji shouted back “Kerala, my dear chap, not Karela, Karela is a vegetable.” To restore Panditji good humour, Dr. P. C. Dhanda cleverly diverted the topic and threw in a bait that if a medical college be sanctioned, it would be most befitting tribute to name it after his illustrious colleague Maulana Azad, who was very close to him.Reference Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Dr. P. C. Dhanda Spandan.com In the mean time Government of India also felt the need to improve health services including requirements of medical colleges and medical education. Government of India in the second five year plan which was passed on 2nd May 1956, (Chapter 25 on healths) proposed various objectives to improve health status of country. There was a proposal to start 35 new medical colleges in India including one in Delhi. The clause nine of second five year plan showed its concern about the grim scenario of medical education at that time.The clause ten related the expenses required whereas clause eleven was self explanatory. It showed the concern of MCI for the proposal regarding abolishing of honorary system in medical colleges.
In the post independence India, Delhi had no medical college except Lady Hardinge for girls. The places in India where medical colleges already existed were Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Amritsar etc. The necessity for a medical college in Delhi which had a population of two million at that time was always felt. As late as 1936, Lt. Col. Cruickshank, IMS, first Medical Superintendent of Irwin Hospital thought of having a separate medical college for Delhi. The plan was submitted to formulated and build a medical college opposite to Irwin Hospital in close proximity with the present Ram Lila ground. Unfortunately the plan was dumped due to Second World War in 1939.
As per recommendations of second five year plan, the college started as Composite Medical College in 1957 which was soon named as Delhi Medical College in Feb 1958. Composite Medical College was started close to Irwin Hospital with provisions of teaching Gynecology at Lady Harding Medical College. This composite medical college was started with 50 male and 50 female students without ant entrance test. The governing body of LHMC then an autonomous institution and only medical college for girls in the world, filed a suit against starting of this medical college. It was in their statue that no other medical college can be started for the girls. Court decision favored LHMC. The classes of this composite medical college were stopped merely two days after the start. Girls were then shifted to LHMC and boys to AIIMS as a supplementary batch. As per consultation and understandings with Pandit Nehru, the college was reinvented as Maulana Azad Memorial Medical College to honor a great leader. Later the world memorial was dropped. Maulana Azad was the first Union Minister of Education and Scientific Research finally the name of the college was printed as Maulana Azad Medical College at the time of publication of its first prospectus. The doors of the college were opened to students on first August 1958.
The foundation stone of All India Medical Institute (AIMI) was laid in Irwin Hospital on April 4th , 1952. Mr. J. T. Vats Minister of Commerce and Industry Government of New Zealand laid the foundation of AIMI (AIIMS) under Colombo plan. It was entirely the efforts of Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur first Union Health Minister to get clearance for All India Medical Institute which was later changed as All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The reasons for shifting the site of AIIMS from Irwin Hospital compound are unclear. It was believed to be the controversy between Mrs. Sushila Nayyar, Minister of Health, Delhi and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur over making the institute as autonomous body. We tried to find some one from the first (?) batch of 1957 who could never qualify to be called as maulanian. Incidentally Dr. Sota from first batch had some memory of those students. It is interesting to note that LHMC was initially recognized by Punjab University and duration of courses was 7 years. Col. B. L. Taneja (Bashi Lal Taneja) was appointed as first Principal in April, 1958. However, Dr. P. Diesh who was the Additional Medical Superintendent and Staff Surgeon of Irwin Hospital looked after the college till Col. B. L. Taneja was officially appointed as first Principal of the college at the end of April 1958
