M.Sc :Microbiology

Welcome to the Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, website. This is a new Medical College which started with the intake of 50 students in 1991. Each year a batch of 50 students, is selected solely on the basis of merit at the Combined Entrance Test conducted by the Panjab University, gets admitted.

Presently the course is in the process of its development. However major up gradation is being made in the field of diagnostic laboratory services and research. The significant changes being brought about are in the development od molecular biology laboratory for the early detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR, anaerobic bacteriology and culture of Helicobacter pylori. Some new tests have been introduced to meet out the current diagnostic needs of attached hospital. An all round endeavor is going on to provide newer diagnostic microbiological services for better patient care, upgraded training for the congenial environment for research.

Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, is the only hospital in the public sector committed to total computerisation, both for hospital management as well as in the administrative domain. The institution being developed is environment friendly as well as patient friendly. It has already started attracting a large number of patients not only from the Union Territory of Chandigarh, but from the neighbouring states as well.