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{{Infobox university
| image = Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh logo.png
| name = Government Medical College & Hospital
| established = 1991
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| city = [[Chandigarh]]
| state = [[Chandigarh]]
| country = [[India]]
| director = Dr Jasbinder Kaur Saini<ref>{{cite web|title=Director|url=http://gmch.gov.in/bio_dir.htm|website=gmch.gov.in|publisher=Government Medical College and Hospital}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{coord|30.709|76.781|display=title,inline}}
| faculty = 
| campus = Urban
| staff = 
| website = [http://gmch.gov.in/ http://gmch.gov.in/]
}}
'''Government Medical College and Hospital,''' a medical school and a tertiary care hospital is located in [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]. The medical school is administered by [[Panjab University]]. It was established in 1991 and has a {{convert|36|acre}} campus located in Sector 32, [[Chandigarh]].

==Courses==
The Medical College has an intake of 150 students<ref>[http://www.gmccosa.org GMCCOSA Home Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> towards the [[MBBS]] degree. It also offers Post-Graduate courses (M.Phil./MD/MS) in a number of medical and surgical subjects.

==History==
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The Government Medical College, Chandigarh was started during the year 1991 in Prayaas building, Sector 38 as an attempt to establish a center of undergraduate excellence to support the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]]. The foundation stone was laid by erstwhile Prime Minister of India, [[Chandra Shekhar]]  on 20 January 1991 in on land allotted by the Chandigarh Administration. Construction for this College and Hospital started in 1991 itself.

==Campus==
The {{convert|36|acre}} campus is housed in Sector 32 and has 5 blocks of hospital and a dedicated building for the college.{{when|date=June 2017}}

==Administration==
GMCH is headed by a Director-Principal [[Jagjit Singh Chopra]], a [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee, served as the founder director-principal.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The incumbent Director-Principal is Prof B S Chavan and he is assisted by Prof Ravi Gupta, the Medical Superintendent.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

== Ranking ==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college
| OUTLOOK_M_2019 = 17
}}
The college was ranked 17th among medical colleges in India in 2019 by ''[[Outlook India]]''.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_M_2019/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://gmch.gov.in/}}

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[[Category:Medical colleges in Chandigarh]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Haryana]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Chandigarh]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1991]]


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