The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) is run by the Kasturba Health Society

Kasturba Health Society

The Kasturba Health Society was formed on September 11, 1962 to run the Kasturba HospitalIt now runs the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences and the Kasturba Hospital...

. It was earlier affiliated to the Nagpur University (1969–1997) and from 1998 to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences is located in Nashik District, Maharashtra, India.The university was established on 3 June 1998 by the state Government of Maharashtra through an ordinance....

, Nasik.

History

The MGIMS was born in 1969, the Gandhi centenary year. It is the first rural hospital in India. It was started by Dr Sushila Nayyar

Sushila Nayyar

Sushila Nayyar, also spelled 'Nayar' , was the younger sister of Pyarelal Nayyar, personal secretary to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Gandhis' personal physician.-Biography:...

. The institute takes pride in the fact that its Kasturba Hospital

Kasturba Hospital

The Kasturba Hospital was started in 1945 by Dr Sushila Nayyar. It was a 648 - bed hospital, located in Sevagram, about 8 km. from Wardha, and offered tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients....

, started in 1944, is the only hospital started by Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

 himself.

Pre-Medical Exam

The institute holds its own PMT exam, which includes a MCQ

MCQ

MCQ may refer to* McQ, a 1974 crime drama* McQ Inc, a American defense company based in Pennsylvania* Mathematical Citation Quotient, a measure of the impact of a mathematics journal* Multiple choice question* McQuary limit, or McQ limit...

 test on Physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

, Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

 and Biology

Biology

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

 and a special theory paper on Gandhian Thoughts

Gandhism

Gandhism is the collection of inspirations, principles, beliefs and philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , who was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement....

. The students are selected on the basis of the marks obtained in these exams.

Medical Education

The institute enrolls 65 students every year. Half of them are from the state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and the other half come from the rest of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The institute has special reservations for students from rural areas of the country. This also give 30% reservation to girls student. In the year 2009 this Institute gave admission to less meritorious girls in OBC category by shifting entire reservation of girls in Maharashtra Category. This institute also denied the admission to Meritorious Non-Maharashtra girl unjustly arbitrarily. The Non Maharashtra girl file a writ petition in Nagpur High Court. Honble Nagpur High court does not approve this conduct of institute.

Medical Orientation Camp

The students spend 15 days in the Sevagram Ashram for the orientation to Gandhian way of life. They are follow the Ashram rules during these days. Some activities include Shramdan and Spining Khadi. There are lectures from people from various runs of life.

First Professional

The students study the subjects of Anatomy

Anatomy

Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

, Physiology

Physiology

Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...

 and Biochemistry

Biochemistry

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

 in the first year as per the MCI guidelines.

Social Service camp

Every batch of medical students are alloted a small village from around Wardha

Wardha

Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the North, West and South boundaries of district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an...

. The students stay in that village for 15 days. Each student is alloted a certain number of families. He is responsible for the health concerns of all its members. The students spend this time giving health information to their families. They also learn a great deal about the real problems of the rural masses. The villagers are all given a free health checkup and are investigated for basic infections like Malaria

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...

, Filaria. Their urine

Urine

Urine is a typically sterile liquid by-product of the body that is secreted by the kidneys through a process called urination and excreted through the urethra. Cellular metabolism generates numerous by-products, many rich in nitrogen, that require elimination from the bloodstream...

 and stool

Feces

Feces, faeces, or fæces is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.-Etymology:...

 is also examined.

The students continue to visit this village for 3 years, once every month.

Second Professional

The second professional lasts for a year and half. The students are supposed to study Pharmacology

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

, Pathology

Pathology

Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....

, Microbiology

Microbiology

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...

 and Forensic Medicine. With the start of the second professional, the clinical postings also start.

Re-Orientation to Medical Education Camp

The Re-Orientation to Medical Education or ROME camp is held at the end of second professional. It was previously held at the Kasturba Rural Health Training Center (KRHTC) at Aanji. Since 2008, it is being held at Rural Health Training center (RHTC) at Bhidi. This is a 15 day exercise where students learn aspects of Public Health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

 and get hands on experience of the rural India.

Part I

This lasts for 1 year. The students study Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...

, ENT

Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology or ENT is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders....

 and Preventive Medicine

Preventive medicine

Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

Part II

This is the last academic year. the students study Medicine

Medicine

Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

 (including Dermatology

Dermatology

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails....

 and Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...

), Surgery

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

 (including Orthopaedics), Obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

 & Gynaecology

Gynaecology

Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"...

 and Paediatrics.

Internship

If the student passes the final professional, he is awarded a provisional degree in Medicine and Surgery. He is supposed to undergo 1 year of rotational internship to qualify for the MBBS

MBBS

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 degree.

Rural service

In order to be eligible for the Post Graduate seat in the institute, the student must under go 2 year rural service. The institute has numerous centers all across India where students can work as Medical Officers.

Postgraduate training

The institute offers Post graduate training in almost all disciplines of medicine.

Research

To conduct facility as well as community based research in areas like maternal, neonatal, child health, infectious, nutritional, lifestyle disorders etc.

To explore Traditional Indian systems of Medicine.

Lead center for State Level Monitoring of ICDS

The Department of Community Medicine has been designated the lead center for State Level Monitoring of ICDS activities in Maharashtra. Dr BS Garg, Dr Subodh S Gupta and Dr PR Deshmukh have been appointed State ICDS Consultants. They monitored the activities of ICDS in six districts of Maharashtra during the year 2008-09; viz. Wardha, Yavatmal, Amravati, Chandrapur, Akola, and Buldhana. They also coordinated the monitoring of ICDS activities throughout the state to be done by selected medical colleges identified for this purpose.

Clinical Epidemiology Unit

The Clinical Epidemiology Unit was expanded to include more members after it got approved by IndiaCLEN. The Clinical Epidemiology Unit started its first activity with capacity building program of its members. The unit has also started orientation program for all the new post-graduate students who take admission at MGIMS, Sevagram.

Kasturba Hospital

The Kasturba Hospital

Kasturba Hospital

The Kasturba Hospital was started in 1945 by Dr Sushila Nayyar. It was a 648 - bed hospital, located in Sevagram, about 8 km. from Wardha, and offered tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients....

 was started in 1945 by Sushila Nayar, close associate of Gandhi and his personal physician. It is a 770- bed hospital (is being upgraded to 1000 beded hospital), located in Sevagram

Sevagram

Sevagram is Hindi for "A village for service" and the name of a village in the state of Maharashtra, India. This was the place of Mohandas Gandhi's ashram. Previously it was named as Shegaon: it was Mahatma Gandhi who renamed it to Sevagram....

, about 8 km

KM

KM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School*Khmer language *Kuomintang , a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan...

 from Wardha

Wardha

Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the North, West and South boundaries of district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an...

 town, and offers tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients.

Khadi

All the students and staff wear khadi

Khadi

The term khādī or khaddar means cotton. khādī is Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth. The raw materials may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha. It is a versatile fabric, cool in the summer and warm in the winter...

. It brings about a unique rich culture in the Institute

External links

• http://www.mgims.ac.in