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Goa Medical College (GMC) is a government medical college and hospital in
Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
, India. It is one of the oldest medical colleges in Asia. It is currently an organic institution of the Goa University (GU), being its oldest unit.


History

Since the last decades of the sixteenth century Goa was known as the "cemetery of the Portuguese", in the expression of the Viceroy
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, 1st Count of Alvor. The unhealthiness of the
Old Goa Old Goa ( Konkani: ; pt, Velha Goa, translation='Old Goa') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi ''taluka'' (''Ilhas'') of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa. The ci ...
was manifest, given the density of the population, which was accompanied by a lack of hygiene and medical care. Until then, doctors in
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were rare. The course of medical education in Goa, therefore, began in 1691,Prôa, Miguel Pires. "Escolas Superiores" Portuguesas Antes de 1950 (esboço). Blog Gavetas Com Saber. 2008 when the "chief physicist" (a name given to doctors appointed as head of public health of a given territory) Manoel Roiz de Sousa began a "Medicine Class of Nova Goa", coming from the request made by the Vice-King of India Rodrigo da Costa, functioning intermittently in the eighteenth century; in 1801, the Portuguese crown decided to establish the "Medicine and Surgery Class", to the care of the chief physicist António José de Miranda e Almeida, graduated in
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. This course worked until 1815, when the doctor left Goa. However, it was only on 5 November 1842 that the "Medical-Surgical School of Goa" got its definitive start. The institution remained in operation even after 11 December 1851, when, through a ministerial report and annexed decree, the colonial government extinguished some medical schools surviving only that of Goa.Os Portugueses no Congo: Lição 6 - Cultura, educação e ensino em Angola
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During that period, it produced some 1,327 doctors and 469 pharmacists. When the military annexation of Goa, undertaken by India in 1961, the School was administered by the
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. In 1986, it became under the administration of the Goa University (GU), changing the denomination history "Medical-Surgical School" to "Medical College". Originally located in the center of
Panjim Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...
, in a structure of Portuguese origin, it was transferred to the most remote neighborhood of Alto-Bambolim in 1993, being part of the medical-hospital teaching complex of GU.


Organization

The Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (Bambolim), the T.B. Cunha and Chest disease hospital (St. Inez), the Rural Health and Training Centre (Mandur-Old Goa) and the Urban Health Centre (St. Cruz) form parts of the Establishment. The college is affiliated to the Goa University and offers the MBBS course alongside several MS and MD courses. Some courses with some super-specializations are also awarded. Goa Medical College (GMC) and Goa Dental College are located opposite each other on the highway connecting Goa's capital Panjim with its commercial capital, Margao. A pedestrian subway has been constructed to connect both institutes. As a part of their compulsory rotational intership in the department of preventive and social medicine, the MBBS interns are also posted in the Sankhle Community Health Centre for 15 days along with the Junior Residents of the same department. The current acting Dean of Goa Medical College is Dr. S. M. Banderkar, an orthopedic surgeon.


Admissions

180 MBBS and 60 paramedical seats filled through NEET UG


Post Graduate

It has an intake of 86 seats for PG courses in which 50% is by All India Quota.


Courses offered

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UG Course

M.B.B.S. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
- extending for at least a period of 4 1/2 years followed by 1 year of compulsory rotational internship.


PG Courses


M.D.

*Anesthesiology *Biochemistry *Dermatology *Diagnostic radiology *Forensic Medicine *General Medicine *Microbiology *Obstetrics & Gynecology *Pediatrics *Pathology *Pharmacology * Physiology * Psychiatry * Preventive & Social Medicine *Pulmonary Medicine *radio diagnosis


M.S.

* Anatomy * * Ophthalmology * Otolaryngology


P. G. Diploma Courses

* Anesthesia * Diagnostic radiology * Obstetrics & Gynecology * Pediatrics * Psychological Medicine * Public Health * Forensic Medicine (Not yet recognized by MCI) * Dermatology & VD (Not yet recognized by MCI)


Notable alumni

* Dr. Froilano de Mello * Dr. Francisco Luís Gomes *
Agostinho Fernandes Aghostinho Fernandes (born Quepem, Goa 2 July 1932, died Portugal 29 June 2015) was the author of one of Goa's key post-colonial novels, ''Bodki'', which has attracted significant critical attention. Biography Fernandes studied at the Liceu N ...
(1932-2015), Goan novelist


See also

* Goa University *
Goa Engineering College Goa Engineering College or Goa College of Engineering (abbreviated and colloquially referred to as GEC) is a public college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University. Founded in 1967 and situated ...


References


External links


College Information in FAIMER Database

College Information in AVICENNA DirectoriesCollege Information in World Directory of Medical Schools
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