History
Gandhi Medical College, originally name People's Medical College, was founded 14 September 1954. It was located at Humayun nagar close to the present-day Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital. It was founded because the original medical college in the area, Osmania Medical College, was unable to keep up with admissions for medical students.
On 25 June 1955, the college was inaugurated by the first president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
By 1956, the college was in financial trouble, and the government of Hyderabad agreed to take over the college and develop it.
In 1958, the college was moved to Basheer bagh. The old building has since been demolished. In 2003, the college moved to its new premises in Musheerabad. The new facility, along with a medical college, was constructed on the area that formerly housed the Musheerabad Jail.
The teaching hospital for the college began as an infirmary in 1851. Developed with funds from philanthropists, the hospital was named KEM Hospital in honor of King Edward VII. The hospital was renamed Gandhi Hospital in 1958 to serve as the teaching hospital for the college. Nearly all the heads of units were British trained.
The hospital performs about 80,000 outpatient consultations and 42,000 inpatient admissions yearly. 11,000 major and about 15,000 minor operations are also performed. The hospital is divided into 27 departments:
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Pediatrics
- Orthopedics
- Anesthesia
- Dermatology
- Leprosy
- sexually transmitted disease
- Ophthalmology
- E.N.T.& Head and Neck Surgery
- Radiodiagnosis
- Casualty
- Blood Bank
- Cardiology
- Neurology
- Nephrology
- Gastroenterology
- Endocrinology
- Cardio-thoracic surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Urology
- TB clinic
- Dental
- OB/GYN
- Psychiatry
- Hospital administration
From 1954-2003, a total of 6090 students were admitted to the MBBS course. The number of students admitted ranged between a minimum of 42 in 1954 to a maximum of 224 in 1968. In 1970, there were no admissions.
In the late 1950s and 1960s, the college and hospital were consolidated.
In the 1970s there was a growth in so-called "super specialties" such as cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery.
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