Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
जवाहरलाल नेहरू आयुर्विज्ञान महाविद्यालय
Building housing Office and Pre and Para clinical Departments
Former name
 Victoria General Hospital
Motto सेवा ही परमं तपः
Motto in English
 Service is the supreme meditation.
Type Government (Public)
Established 1965
Parent institution
 RUHS ,Jaipur
Chancellor Hon'ble Governor Of Rajasthan
President Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Principal Dr Rajendra Kumar Gokhroo
Undergraduates 150 per year
Postgraduates 88 ( as of 2014)
Other students
 MSc. , BSc.
Address Kala Bagh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305001, India
26°28′05″N 74°38′06″E / 26.468°N 74.635°E / 26.468; 74.635
Campus Multiple , Urban
Language English , Hindi
Recognition Medical Council of India
Affiliations Rajasthan University of Health Sciences
Website Official Website
MCI Recognized ( Since 1973)

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JLNMC), Ajmer is a government medical college located in Ajmer, Rajasthan,[1] India being established in 1965 .It is one of the six government run medical colleges in western state of Rajasthan and was the fourth one to be established in the state.[2] It provides medical education with MBBS (Recognized by MCI since 1973 ) and MS/MD/DM degrees along with diploma and other degrees in some medical disciplines and is affiliated to RUHS (Rajasthan University Of Health Sciences ) .Before establishment of RUHS(in 2005), It was affiliated to Rajasthan University.[3][4] The college has attached teaching hospitals where general, specialty, super specialty care is provided to the region along with teaching and research purposes.It publishes journal titled "AJMER (Ajaymeru Journal of Medical Education and Research)".[5]

Attached Hospitals

  • Jawaharlal Nehru (Victoria) Hospital : The attached teaching hospital originally called Victoria Hospital was established during colonial times, the old building of which now houses Ajmer Municipal Corporation.[6] In 1851 on orders of Col. Dixon a dispensary was constructed . In 1895 construction of the larger general hospital was started at a cost of Rs.43,250, raised partly by subscriptions and partly by the sale of the old building of dispensary[7] to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria (1897 A.D.). In 1928, it was shifted to its present location and was renamed New Victoria Hospital which was further renamed JLN hospital in 1965.[8] It now serves as referral hospital of the Ajmer division of Rajasthan which includes districts of Ajmer, Bhilwara, Nagaur, Tonk.[9]
  • Kamla Nehru Memorial TB Hospital : It houses Chest & Resp. division of college to treat high footfall of TB patients in the region.[10] Adjacent to it lies STDC, Rajasthan.
  • Rajkiya Mahila Chikitsalya (Hospital) : It houses Obs . & Gynae department concerned with maternal and perinatal specialty care and is located 7 km away from the main campus .[11] In 1965 it started as ‘Panna Dhai Maternity Home ’ but due to lack of space was shifted to the Longia Hospital (a city dispensary) in 1968 and remained there till 1974. It was restructured as a separate hospital and shifted to its current building during 1999- 2000.
  • Satellite Hospital
  • Post Graduate Institute Of Cardiology: It was the first govt. medical college in Rajasthan to start a dedicated cardiology division.

History

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College was established in 1965 with Dr. S. P. Wanchoo (At that time Spdt. Of "New Victoria Hospital") as its first Principal and Controller. It is named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.[12] The hospital to which college is attached was established much earlier in late 19th century. During Initital days medical school started its operations in old TB hospital building and around 1967 a new building was constructed in which it is currently housed.[12] It started with UG intake of 50 students per year in 1965 which was subsequently increased to 100 and currently 150/year .Recently it celebrated its Golden Jubilee year in December 2015.[13]

Admissions

There are 150 seats approved by Medical Council of India for MBBS and 88 seats for postgraduate course. Admissions are based upon highly competitive premedical entrance examination[14] NEET-UG for admission to MBBS and NEET-PG for admissions to postgraduate courses.[15] These examinations are conducted for admission into all the medical colleges in India.[15] A 15% of seats are reserved for candidates, selected through national quota and a few seats reserved for the students coming from underprivileged communities and defense personnel, rest of the seats are filled by state quota.[16]

Academics

For undergraduate courses, the duration of MBBS course is four and a half years of training with a year of compulsory rotatory internship.[14] After the successful completion of the training and internship the MBBS degree certificate is awarded by the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences.A minimum of 75% & 80% attendance is compulsory in theory and training classes respectively.

This school follows semester system with University Assessments held at intervals of 2Sem.[Preclinical], 2.5Sem.[Para-clinical] , 2Sem.[Clinical], 2Sem.[Clinical] respectively while in between these internal assessments of students are taken by medical school as required by MCI India for MBBS Currriculum in India .On completion of 5.5 years of training students are given registration certificate by the Rajasthan Medical Council(RMC) and are enrolled in the register of MCI and are legally allowed to practice medicine in India .

Postgraduate studies grant MD, MS , DM in various fields.

The degrees of this medical school are acceptable to all medical organizations in Canada and for applying for ECFMG certification.[17]

Campus

View from JLN Academic section with Golden Jubilee Gate, Psychiatric & Oncology depts. in front, in backdrop of JLN Circle and Moolchand Chauhan Indoor Stadium .

Located in the heart of city, Main Campus is surrounded by heritage landmarks viz. Anasagar Baradari, Circuit House (Earlier Office of Chief-Commissioner Of Ajmer-Merwara), Daulat Bagh, Akbari Museum. Adjacent to it lies Patel Stadium and Moolchand Chauhan Indoor Stadium & Academy.

Though most departments are on the main campus but Obs & Gynae department is present 7 km away in a separate campus. The Microbiology dept. houses State Reference Laboratory (Rajasthan).

College Library

The medical school campus has a central library, various other departmental libraries and a newly built E-libray with access to various E-Journals.It houses around 11000 bound journals dating back to 1960s.

Hostels

Hostels are separate for boys and girls and for UG & PG with mess being run by students on cooperative basis and are located on the main campus.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Govt. Medical Colleges". education.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  2. ↑ "About Us / "देश के स्वतन्त्र होने के समय राजस्थान में केवल एक चिकित्सा महाविद्यालय जयपुर में स्थित था, परन्तु आज राजस्थान में 6 सरकारी"" [At the time of Independence, only one medical college in Rajasthan was located in Jaipur, but today there are 6 government -run.]. education.rajasthan.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  3. ↑ "School Detail/School Details". search.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Rajasthan University of Health Sciences", Wikipedia, 2018-03-27, retrieved 2018-09-21
  5. ↑ "जो खुद किसी समय कर रहे थे यहां से डॉक्टर बनने की तैयारी आज उन्होंने बना दिया हजारों स्टूडेंट्स को डॉक्टर/Scroll down to end of Report" [Those who were doing themselves at some time were preparing to become a doctor from here. Today they have made thousands of students doctor]. www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2018-09-22. End of Report "College will be publishing its own medical journal "
  6. ↑ "About Us/" The existing building of the council was Victoria Hospital Once upon a time. Its name is still engraved on the council building."". ajmermc.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Ajmer-Merwara - Indpaedia/"This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908"". indpaedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21. Colonel Dixon, among other good works, had a dispensary constructed at Ajmer city in 1851, at a cost of Rs. 6,000, which was subscribed by the inhabitants. This building was used till 1895, when a larger General Hospital was built at a cost of Rs. 43,250, raised partly by subscriptions and partly by the sale of the old building. From subscriptions recently raised for a Queen Victoria Memorial, Rs. 40,000 has been set apart for improvements to this hospital. The extension of medical and vaccination work since 1881 will be apparent from the table below. Vaccination is compulsory only in the municipal towns.
  8. ↑ Guptā, Mohanalāla. Ajamera kā vr̥hat itihāsa (Pahalā saṃskaraṇa ed.). Jodhapura. ISBN 9788186103333. OCLC 860980503.
  9. ↑ "Jln Hospital Ajmer Hindi News, Jln Hospital Ajmer Samachar, Jln Hospital Ajmer ख़बर, Breaking News on Patrika". www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  10. ↑ India/"In India, the first open air sanatorium for treatment and isolation of TB patients was founded in 1906 in Tiluania, near Ajmer", Ministry of Health & Family Welfare-Government of. "About us :: Central TB Division". tbcindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  11. ↑ "Mother's milk storage centre to be set up in Ajmer hospital". www.hindustantimes.com/. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  12. 1 2 "Medical Department History". medicaleducation.rajasthan.gov.in. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "जेएलएन मेडिकल कॉलेज का स्वर्ण जयंती समारोह 24 से/"Jln-medical-college-golden-jubilee-celebrations-of-24-decembeR"". www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  14. 1 2 "School Detail/Program Details". search.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  15. 1 2 http://www.mciindia.org/NEET/NEETUG.aspx
  16. ↑ "NEET UG (Medical/Dental) Counselling 2018". www.rajugmedical2018.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  17. ↑ "School Detail/Sponsor Notes". search.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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