Associated Medical College
In 1946 the family of Sir Ganga Ram started a medical college by the name Balak Ram Medical College named after a son of Sir Ganga Ram. The college was closed soon after independence in 1947 and its premises abandoned. Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore was established in 1948 in the same premises and named after Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the sister of founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is the teaching hospital attached to the Fatima Jinnah Medical College. It is now being extended over another 22 kanals land and will provide an additional 400 beds. The name of this new hospital is Fatima Jinnah Hospital. Although it is an all female medical college, the faculty consists of highly qualified male as well as female teachers. The college has well-equipped laboratories, airconditioned dissection hall, lecture theatres with audio-visual aids for teaching purposes, pathology museum, clinical academic rooms, a well-equipped library and an auditorium for seminars and international conferences. A purpose-built accident and emergency department has been added.
The hostel for students is within walking distance from the college. It consists of six blocks. Two new blocks are being built to accommodate more students. At the moment there are around one thousand students living in the hostel.
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