Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMCH) Ludhiana, Punjab, India is a 1100 bedded tertiary care teaching hospital in North India. Having an imposing complex of modern buildings, the institution is equipped with all kinds of modern facilities for providing proper care to the patients and training to the undergraduate and postgraduate students. All the clinical departments, along with the diagnostic laboratories provide round-the-clock service at the campus.
Historical Background
Motivated by a devoted personality, Dr Banarsi Dass Soni, Ex.Capt.I.M.S. with a missionary zeal for medical education and patient care, conceived the noble idea of providing much needed medical care to the general public. This bloomed in the form of Arya Medical School in 1934,started in a rented building in Civil Lines, Ludhiana.
In 1936, management of the medical school was handed over to the Arya Samaj, Saban Bazar, Ludhiana, under the aegis of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab. A separate Managing Body was nominated by the Managing Committee of Arya High School, Ludhiana. It was shifted to its own building (now, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, College Campus) in 1937.
The institution was recognized for LSMF (Licentiate of the Punjab State Medical Faculty) in 1938. The following year, the Managing Body decided that the Ludhiana Medical School should thereafter be called “Arya Medical School” and the hospital attached to it “Dayanand Hospital”.
It was only in the year 1964, consistent with the policy of the Government that the Arya Medical School flowered into a full-fledged MBBS College, which came to be known as Dayanand Medical College. The management of this college was taken over by a galaxy of prominent people of Ludhiana, who formed an organization known as the “Managing Society of Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana” and Late Shri H.R.Dhanda, a prominent industrialist of the town, became its Founder President.
MCI Recognition
The institution is duly recognized by Medical Council of India for the MBBS course as well as several specialty and super specialty courses.
Affiliation
The college is affiliated to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot
Courses Offered
In the MBBS course, 70 students are admitted every year. The College is duly recognized for MD/MS Postgraduate courses in:
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Surgery
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Dermatology & STD
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Orthopedics
- Anesthesiology
- Radio-diagnosis
- Psychiatry
- Community Medicine (S.P.M.)
PG Diploma Courses in:
- Pediatrics (DCH)
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology(DGD)
- Anaesthesia (DA)
- Otolaryngology (DLO)
The institution also imparts training for DM Courses in Cardiology, Neurology and Gastroenterology as well as for M.Ch. Courses in Plastic Surgery. Permission for starting MCh(Urology), MCh(Neuro Surgery) and MCh(CTVS) course is underway.
DMCH College of Nursing is one of the most modern and well-equipped nursing colleges of Punjab. It imparts excellent on- job training for General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and B.Sc. (Nursing). Introduction of a post-basic diploma in cardiothoracic nursing and in critical care nursing is planned.
Medical Milestones
Historically, DMCH was the first hospital in Punjab to set up a dialysis unit in the Nephrology service in 1980. Since then, several other super-specialties have been added. At present, super-specialties, which are providing the most modern and advanced care to the patients, are:
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- G.E. Surgery
- Urology (Including Kidney Transplant)
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Medical Oncology
- Pediatric Surgery
- Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery,
- Plastic Surgery including micro-vascular surgery
- Transfusion Medicine
- Immunology
- Surgical Oncology
All these disciplines are managed by highly qualified doctors who have at their disposal the latest sophisticated diagnostic and treatment facilities. At present, there are 37 super-specialist consultants (DM/MCh) on the hospital staff. The prominent state of the art investigative facilities available include:
- Spect CT Scan
- 1.5 Telsa, MRI scan, Fiberoptic endoscopes including upper as well as lower GI Scopes, Hysteroscope and Peritoneoscope
- Biochemical Autoanalyzers, Blood Gas analyzer, auto cell counter, Somatosensory Evoked Response Testing
- Whole Body Spiral CT Scan
- Ultrasonography, Echocardiography, EEG, EMG, DEXA etc
It is the first and the only institution in India having, in its Department of Orthopedics, the facility of a unique technique of external fixators perfected by the internationally renowned Prof. Oganesyan from Russia.
Facilities & Services
DMCH is the only institution in North India, which has an entire floor of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) with 100 beds incorporating all the critical care areas. Notable ICUs are:
- Intensive Coronary Care Unit
- Medical ICU
- Surgery ICU
- Neurosurgery ICU
- Stroke unit
- Pulmonary Critical Care Unit (PCCU)
- Pediatric and Neonatal ICU
- Burn ICU.
- Special care facilities for burns, neonates, thalassaemia and cancer patients.
Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI) with 120 beds became operative in April 2001 and is the leading cardiac medical and surgical care center in the region. The hospital has a Spect- CT Scan for nuclear medicine applications in various qualities especially Cardiology. The Institute has already performed more than 26,000 catheter laboratory procedures and 4200 O.T procedures.
The institution has well-developed urban and rural health delivery systems, with residential facilities for training of students and interns under the department of community medicine. Models for health care delivery and Community Oriented Learning have been developed in these areas in addition to research on community health problems, which has been widely acknowledged. Multi-purpose Dumra Auditorium is adding a new dimension to the curricular and extracurricular activities of the students and staff alike.
The institution has come up by the dint of hard work and sincere efforts of the faculty, the management, staff and administrators as also the co-operation of the students. The citizens of Ludhiana and other places have always been kind in extending their helping hand in building up this institution. Above all, the Central and State Governments and many dignitaries deserve gratitude for their co-operation and interest in the development of the College and the Hospital.
