Delhi is likely to have yet another medical college, with Jamia Hamdard University setting up a medical college — Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences — and conducting medical courses from this year, once it gets permission from the Medical Council of India.
"Through the MBBS course, the medical college and the 350-bed hospital we hope to provide affordable treatment to patients. People who can afford money, generally go to big hospitals to get their treatment done but what about people who can’t afford it? It is our mission to provide affordable and quality healthcare to people who can’t afford to go to big hospitals. The hospital will offer both training for students and multi-specialty treatments for the population of South Delhi," says GN Qazi, vice-chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University. The school will have all the medical, para-medical courses under one roof except for the unani courses. Six new courses have also been launched, which include BSc medical imaging technology, BSc medical record and health information management, BSc optometry, BSc cardiology laboratory techniques, BSc operation theatre techniques and BSC dialysis techniques. "The medical courses will now be taught by doctors besides teachers. The teachers, medical superintendent of the hospital will report to the dean," Qazi says.
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