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{{Short description|Hospital in Bihar, India}}
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| name = Government Medical College and Hospital, Bettiah
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| region = [[Bettiah]], [[West Champaran district]]
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| address = Hospital Rd Kali Bagh Colony, Khusi Tola
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}}[[File:MJK Hospital Bettiah.jpg|thumb|333px|Government medical College and Hospital Bettiah]]

'''Government Medical College and Hospital, Bettiah''' (abbreviated as '''GMCH, Bettiah''') is a government medical college situated at [[Bettiah]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=.:Official Website : Bihar University of Health Sciences, Patna:. |url=http://buhs.ac.in/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=akubihar.ac.in}}</ref> in the [[West Champaran district]] of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].This college came into existence into year 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Govt. Medical College, Bettiah, GMC Bettiah |url=https://www.gmcbettiah.org/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.gmcbettiah.org}}</ref>[[File:Government medical college bettiah.jpg|thumb|Government medical college bettiah]]

==History==
It is affiliated with Bihar University of Health Sciences. The first batch of the college started from year 2013. It has around 1200- 1400 patient flow per day. It was attached with MJK (Maharani Janki Kunwar) hospital which is nearly 100 years old and is the only government hospital and medical training centre of North Bihar. In present time it's named as GMCH BETTIAH.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Bettiah Hospital was established by Maharaja [[Harendra Kishore Singh|Harendra Kishore]] of [[Bettiah Raj]] in October 1892 AD at a cost of ₹40897, at that time it was called Lady Dufferin Hospital, as we have information, Lady Miss Jenny Mars RCPL RCS ([[Eidenberg]]) LRPG ([[Glasgow]]) was the first doctor of this. . ,  then after Dr. Marsh appointed in November 1893, when the Maharaja died (26-03-1893).<sup>[3]</sup>

Lady Miss Jenny Marsh used to get ₹ 250 monthly salary with ₹ 75 monthly allowance at that time, later in this hospital, famous female doctor Miss EB Hallway was appointed, who was a famous surgeon in India, Hallway ward is also named after her in this hospital today. also exists.<sup>[4]</sup>

After the year 2007, its name was changed to Government Medical College, and from that time arrangements for medical studies started in it and by 2013, the first batch of medical was done in it, in which there were about 100 students. Right now this medical college is fifth in Bihar.<sup>[https://www.bettiahtimes.com/2020/09/mjk-hospital-bettiah.html <nowiki>[3] [4] [5]</nowiki>]</sup>

==See also==
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*[[Education in India]]
*[[Education in Bihar]]
*[[Education in Bettiah]]
*[[List of educational institutions in Patna]]
*[[All India Council for Technical Education]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
* https://www.gmcbettiah.org/
*http://buhs.ac.in/

{{Aryabhatta Knowledge University}}

[[Category:Medical colleges in Bihar]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Bihar]]
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to Aryabhatta Knowledge University]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 2013]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Bihar]]


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