Government Medical College, Surat Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Debasree Banerjee

Lacture Theators:

• The college have four lacture theators, known among students as physiology hall, anatomy hall, PSM hall and microbiology hall.
• There is an examination hall.

Common Rooms:

There are common rooms for girls and boys.

Auditorium:

The college have an auditorium at its main entrance

Library and computer Lab:

• The Medical College Library came into existence along with the Medical College Surat in the year 1962.
• The current Library of Medical College surat is housed in one floor of a separate building in the college campus since the year 1962.
• Layout and floor area: – The library is spread out over 2400 sq mt occupying three floor.
• Reading Room: It has provisions for separate reading halls and rooms for Undergraduate and postgraduate students and separate Computer LAB for faculty members and also for UG & PG Students.
• Working Hours: The library functions as under
  9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. all working days Monday to Friday.
  9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Saturday.
  Reading room for students is open 24 hours.
• Availability of Books and Journals:
  No. of Total Books – 22,761.
  No. of Journals with back Volume-10,088.
  Dissertation -805.
  Journals Subscribed year January to December 2014
  Indian - 52.
  Foreign – 31.
• Staff
  Librarian – 1
  Assistant Librarian - 3
  Clerk – 1
  Peon – 2
• Library advisory committee
  The library advisory committee works under the supervision of the Dean Medical College . It comprises of the following members.
  Dean-Dr. R. Dixit
  Additional Dean-Dr. R.K. Chawada
  Library Incharge - Dr Amrish N Pandya
• Hostel Type Room Capacity(Person) -Boys(UG) 196 392 -Girls(UG) 186 372
• Interns 74 150
• Residents 330 330

Mess:

There are 10 different mess across the campus. Students can choose one of them according to their choice

Recreation Facilities:

• A physical instructor is appointed by the college
• There are indoor and outdoor games facility
• There is a volleyball and cricket ground

Hospital:

• New Civil Hospital, Surat was established before five decades in the year of 1964 with the facility of 300 beds for indoor patients with the primary objective of imparting medical education and for extending tertiary level health care for the patients of South Gujarat and surrounding regions. It was the part of the Govt. Medical College, Surat which was established in the same year. Gradually, over fifty years, it has grown to the present size and dimensions with bed capacity of 1150 beds.

• In New Civil Hospital they have more than five hundred medical personnel, about fifty technical staff, nearly four hundred nursing staff, approximately three hundred non-technical and supporting staff is in function to run the hospital services round the clock. Administration of the hospital is controlled by Medical Superintendent for whose assistance there are Resident Medical Officer and Chief Matron (nursing) those who perform their duties under the guidance of MS.