Maulana
Azad Medical College The
foundation stone of Maulana Azad Medical College, named after a great freedom
fighter and first Minister of Education and Scientific Research of free India
, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, was laid by Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant who was himself
a great freedom fighter and the first Home Minister of Free India on 24th October
1959. The building of the college was ready in a record time of a year and six
months. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru -- the first Prime Minister of Independent India
on 26th of February 1961,
very proudly dedicated the complex of Maulana Azad Medical College to the nation.
Maulana
Azad Medical College is an internationally acclaimed pioneer institute and one
of the premier medical institutions of India imparting medical education. Since
its foundation the college has successfully produced 6208 medical graduates, 223
dental graduates and 3018 postgraduates. The college has now completed 43 years
and is now producing around 180 MBBS doctors and 100 postgraduates per year. It
is very sought after institution for MBBS, post-graduate courses, and for dentistry
courses. MAMC is producing world class graduates and post-graduates where standards
of education and the quality of doctors produced can be compared to similarly
placed institutions in United Kingdom or United States. It has endeavored to promote
all facilities conducive to learning and furtherance of knowledge by:
·
Contribution towards national healthcare delivery systems.
· Establishing
routine and specialized laboratory services.
· Circuiting of medical
education and strengthening research activities.
· Extending healthcare
facilities to rural population.
Maulana
Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals complex consists of six integral
units, namely, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital, Gobind Ballabh
Pant Hospital, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Dental Wing and Sushrut Trauma Centre.
Lok
Nayak Hospital
The
first unit to start functioning in the year 1931 was Lok Nayak Hospital (formerly
known as Irwin Hospital and later named as Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital
). This is a 1500 bedded general hospital, functioning as teaching hospital for
Maulana Azad Medical College and drawing patients from a very large catchment
area. Besides the 12 million people of Delhi, the catchment area of Lok Nayak
Hospital consists of neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Rajasthan and other states. The hospital is equipped with the latest
state of the art equipment for comprehensive investigation and treatment of patients.
Lok Nayak Hospital functions as a tertiary referral Centre and receives a large
number of very complicated cases that are well advanced in the disease process.
The doctors, nurses and other staff manning the hospital are experienced professionals
dedicated to their job. The hospital admits nearly 65,000 patients annually. About
12 lakh patients are seen in the various outpatient departments of the hospital
each year. About 12,000 major and 22,000 minor operations are performed in the
hospital every year.
ADDRESSES
Maulana
Azad Medical College
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
Phone: (011) 23239271
Lok
Nayak Hospital
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
Phone:
(011) 23221921
Officers
of MAMC/Lok Nayak Hospital
Dr.
Arun Aggarwal
Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College
Director - Professor
and Head of the ENT Department, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok
Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
Dr.
Aggarwal is ENT Surgeon of international repute.
Dr.
Vinod Kumar Ramteke
Medical Superintendent, Lok Nayak Hospital
Director
- Professor and Head: Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and
Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
Dr.
S.K. Agarwal
Director - Professor and Head: Department of Medicine, Maulana
Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
Dr.
Agarwal is excellent academician, dedicated teacher, with the special interest
in gastroenterology and diabetes. He is recipient of may awards and fellowships.
Nephrology Division/Dialysis
Unit
Nephrology division
includes comprehensive patient care facilities, which include medical treatment,
dialytic services (both hemodialytic and peritoneal dialysis), and post transplantation
services. Division is equipped with both state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic
services
The patient
care includes counseling by senior nephrologists, dietary advises, and also providing
essential medications. Investigative services include all forms of investigations
related to kidney including kidney biopsy with immunofluorescence.
