About Goa Medical College in Bambolim, Panjim

Goa Medical College is a government medical college and hospital in Goa, India It is one of the oldest medical colleges in Asia, the only earlier ones being the French founded JIPMER in 1823 and the British founded Calcutta Medical College in 1835.HistoryThe origins of this school dates back to the beginning in the seventeenth century when the Viceroy D. Cristóvão de Sousa Coutinho approached Lisbon with a request for "two or three Masters to teach medicine to the many locals, who are very sharp and quick to learn" ("dois ou três Mestres para ensinar medicina a muitos naturais, que são mui agudos e com facilidade a aprenderiam"). It was built when Goa was a part of Portugal in 1842 as the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de Goa (Old Medical School of Goa) located in Panjim. During that period, it produced some 1,327 doctors and 469 pharmacists. It was renamed to its present name and relocated to Alto-Bambolim in 1993. From 1963-1985 it was under the Bombay University; since 1986 it has been under Goa University.OrganizationThe Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (Bambolim), the T.B. Cunha and Chest disease hospital (St. Inez), the Rural Health and Training Centre (Mandur) 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.

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