Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College or GMMMC in short is the sixth public sector Medical college under the Government of Sindh where 100 meritorious students of tagged districts, including Sukkur, Khairpur and Ghotki are getting education every year. It is named after Sindh politician Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar. It is a constituent College of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, located in the center of Sukkur city GMMMC is home to 500 students in the MBBS programs, with clinical rotations occurring at GMMMC Teaching Hospital, Government Anwar Piracha Teaching Hospital, SIUT Chablani Medical Center Sukkur, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sukkur satellite center. The school has a large and experienced faculty to support its mission of education, research, and clinical care. Faculty members hold appointments at basic sciences and clinical departments. There are about 114 full-time faculty members consisting of Lecturers, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, and Professors at GMMMC.
History
Presently Sukkur is the medium-sized city with a population of over half a million, sending its children to about twenty five high schools and at least one dozen colleges. With such a history, Geographical Importance and a large number of growing youth, city rightly deserved a Medical college to take care of the Medical Education and tertiary health care facilitiesfor the people of the area. The demand of the People of Sukkur to have a Medical College was not new. In year 2002 the idea and the place of Sukkur as the central point for establishment of a medical college had been gaining grounds in the heart and minds of decision makers and people at large. Finally on 2 September 2003 that dream came true and the sixth Public sector Medical College with the name of Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar Medical College Sukkur was inaugurated by Chief Minister of SindhAli Mohammad Mahar in the building of Health Technician School Sukkur. The classes were started for first batch of 40 students on 15 October 2003. Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar Medical College Sukkur was named after Philanthropist of the area, veteran Politician and Chief of Mahar, Late Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar. Later on, the college was renamed on 27 December 2005 by shortening its original name to Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College .
Campus
Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur is established in three beautiful buildings; including i) former Directorate of Health Sukkur, ii) Health Technician School, and iii) Masoom Shah Hostel of Health Technician School. The medical school building has three spacious lecture halls with Latest audiovisual teaching aids, well-equipped laboratories, museums and library including the learning resource center with access to the Digital Library of the Higher Education Commission through Computers. Keeping in view the extreme climate of the northern Sindh, all the buildings of GMMMC, like the Lecture halls, Dissection hall, Demonstration Rooms, Seminar Rooms, Laboratories, libraries and offices of faculty members are air-conditioned.
Library Block
Library Building was constructed as separate block in front of Academic Block No. 3. It is two story building, the ground floor consists of final year lecture hall, 1st floor reference library, and 2nd floor have lending library for students and staff.
Academic Block No. 3 comprises Department of Pharmacology, Department of Forensic Medicine, Lecture Hall No. 2 and Lecture Hall No. 3, Girls common room; besides that, Administration Block is also located in this block.
New Complex
The 53.8 Acres of land was acquired for GMMMC Complex at the Sukkur Bypass, connecting main national highway N-5 National Highway with N-65 National Highway bypassing the congested urban roads in the city of Sukkur. The new Complex will house Buildings for, Medical College, Student Hostels, Residential Quarters for faculty and supporting staff, and 1200 bedded Teaching hospital. The foundation stone of the Complex was laid by the then Chief Minister of Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim on 30th day of May 2005. The private consultancy firm has designed the Master Plan of the Project, and is currently supervising the construction work in the new complex which is in full swing and according to assistant engineer of the college, the construction work of new block will be completed soon.
Hostels Block
The construction work of a Girl's Hostel has been completed and now it is functional. According to assistant engineer of the GMMMC project there were 90 rooms in the girls’ hostel where about 270 students are residing while structure of boys’ hostel had been completed and 30 percent of its finishing work has been completed. Soon it will be completed.
A student is eligible to apply after a Higher Secondary School Certificate / A Level/ any other Equivalent examination. Candidates are selected by a rigorous admission process that includes a competitive centralized Medical College Admission Test conducted by NTS annually. Merit is determined by the marks obtained on the MCAT, HSSC/ A Level/ Equivalent examination and SSC/ O Level/ Equivalent examination.
