Dayanand Medical College & Hospital


Dayanand Medical College is a tertiary care teaching hospital in Ludhiana in North India.

History

Dr Banarsi Dass Soni, former Captain in the Indian Military Service, conceived the idea in 1934 and started Arya Medical School in a rented building in Civil Lines, Ludhiana. In 1936, the management of the school was handed over to the Arya Samaj, Saban Bazar, Ludhiana, under the aegis of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab.
In 1964 the Arya Medical School became a full-fledged MBBS College, which came to be known as Dayanand Medical College & Hospital. The management was taken over by Managing Society of Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, and industrialist Shri H. R. Dhanda became its founder president.
DMCH was the first hospital in Punjab to set up a dialysis unit in the nephrology service in 1980.
It is the first and only institution in India that offers a unique technique of external fixators perfected by Professor Oganesyan from Russia.

MCI recognition

The institution is accredited by the Medical Council of India for the MBBS course as well as several specialty and super-specialty courses.
The college is affiliated to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab.

Courses offered

The school offers MBBS, MD/MS postgraduate, PG diploma courses and super-specialties.
The DMCH College of Nursing operates there.

Hero DMC Heart Institute

Since 1 April 2001, the Hero DMC Heart Institute has provided care to patients with heart and blood vessel disease.

Ranking

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked the institute 24 in the medical category in 2019.
The institute was ranked 23 among medical colleges in India in 2018 by both India Today and Outlook India.