Osmania Medical College

Osmania Medical College is a premier medical college in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the oldest medical schools in the world. In 2003 and 2005, Osmania Medical College was ranked among the top ten medical colleges in India by India Today magazine.

HISTORY

Landmarks in the development or Hyderabad Medical School into Osmania Medical College

1846: Opening of the Nizam's Medical School by Dr. William Maclean for the teaching European Medicine in Urdu language, native youths of Deccan. The school was located in a rented building at Gunfoundry and later clinical instruction was given in the Residency Dispensary (now called Sultan Bazar Hospital).

1852: Examination of pupils trained and award of Diplomas to successful candidates.

1854: Dr. George Smith taken charge as Superintendent of the School. New batches of students admitted.

1861: Dr. Fleming succeeds Dr. Smith. Fresh batches get Diplomas. More pupils were admitted.

1866: Construction and opening of the Afzalgunj Hospital for clinical teaching to the medical students.

1867: Dr. Pemberton as Residency Surgeon and Superintendent of School and Dr. Mohd. Vazir as Resident Surgeon of Afzalgunj Hospital. Pamberton succeeded by Dr. Wyndowe as Resident Surgeon and Superintendent of School.

1881- 82: Dr. Wyndowe was succeeded by T. Beamount

1884: Edward Lawrie assumes charge as Residency Surgeon. English was adopted as medium of instruction in place of Urdu.

1888:1st Chloroform Commission was appointed by H. E. H. The Nizam's Government in 1888, at the request of Surgeon-Major E. Lawrie

1889: Second Chloroform Commission was appointed.

1891: The final report of the Chloroform Commission was printed.

1894: The staff and students of Hyderabad medical school were deputed to England to demonstrate the Hyderabad method of Chloroform administration.

1897: Dr. Lawrie challenges Ronald Ross, to come to Chaderghat Hospital and demonstrate students of the school his discovery of Malaria parasites in the mosquito.

1901: Dr. Lawrie retired and was succeeded by Dr. Gimlette.

1908: The Great flood in Moosi destroys part of the Afzalgunj building. Hospital was rebuilt.

1912: Suggestions to build a new hospital on the best models of the West.

1918–20: Planning and construction of the new hospital.

1920: Medical school converted into medical college.

1922: The classes and other teaching departments shifted from Sultan Bazar to a private building near Khairatabad.

1925–26: The new Osmania General Hospital was completed and the hospital shifted from Afzalgunj buildings into the new premises.

1926 – 27: The medical college was taken over by University and was put under a new Principal unconnected with the Government Department. The medium of instruction was again changed from English to Urdu. The University created a translation Bureau and medical text were selected for translation into Urdu. Lectures given in Urdu and exams also conducted in Urdu.

1941: Recognition by Royal college of Surgeons, England for primary F. R. C. S. Recognition by Indian Army Medical Department for admission to the commissioned ranks.

1941-42: Proposals were under consideration for construction of medical college and hospital in the Osmania University campus.

1946: Mushirabad site considered for medical college.

1948-49The medium of instruction and examination for the M. B. B. S. course was changed from Urdu into English. Accordingly admissions to I. M. B. B. S. course in English medium were made in academic year

1948-49:.First Inspection by the Medical Council of India.

1950-51Transfer of the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology to the University campus at Adikmet, giving more accommodation for the Departments of Pathology, Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence in Afzalgunj buildings.

1951Recognition by Medical Council of India

1952: Government of Hyderabad takes over the administrative control of the medical college from the University. A Government medical officer was appointed as head of the college and the hospital.

1955: Inauguration of the Postgraduate courses in Medicine.

1956: Laying of the foundation stone for the new building in Residency compound by Dr .B. Ramakrishna Rao Chief Minister of Hyderabad State. Formation of Andhra Pradesh and reorgnisation of medical services and teaching staff of the medical college. Dr. K. N. Rao became the Director of, Medical Services. Dr. Bankat Chandra continues as Principal. Formation of Council on Medical Education.

1964: oening of the present campus in koti

Teaching hospitals
Osmania Medical college has long been a government institution in Andhra Pradesh. It is the oldest medical school in India and perhaps Asia. The concept of Osmania Medical College dates back to 1595 AD, then called as Dar-Ul-Shifa in Hyderabad, making it the oldest medical school.

Osmania has a rich history of pioneering medical innovations. For the first time in the world, chloroform was used as an anesthetic in Osmania. It is said that Queen Victoria gave birth to a child using chloroform anesthesia.

Malaria was a dreadful disease, with an unknown cause for many decades. It was thought to be caused by bad air and was termed as malaria (mala=bad, ara=air). It was Sir Ronald Ross researching in Secunderabad, who established the aetiology and disease cycle of malaria, when he demonstrated the oocysts of malaria parasite, Plasmodium on the stomach wall of female anopheles mosquito. This conclusively proved female anopheles mosquito as the vector for malaria. Malaria still causes the largest number of human deaths by a parasitic disease in the world. Sir Ronald Ross has been immortalised by the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases (popular by name Fever Hospital), of Osmania.

The medium of instruction was initially Urdu (the degree was Hakeem) and later changed to English. In 1846, Hyderabad Medical School was established. An article about the 150 years (1846-1996)of Osmania Medical College was published in Bulletin of The Indian Institute of History of Medicine, and featured in Pubmed. It recently celebrated Platinum Jubilee. .

Osmania is the only medical college in India (perhaps the world), where each medical speciality has a separate own hospital. It is the only medical college in south India to offer postgraduate courses in endocrinology.

The following hospitals fulfill the role of teaching hospitals for Osmania medical College.

1.Osmania General Hospital - a multispeciality quaternary care hospital with advanced training in every sub-speciality of Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Anesthesiology, Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology. This hospital has approximately 3800 beds, with patients overfilling the beds and wards. It has one of the busiest Out-Patient clinics in all specialities in India, particularly on Monday mornings.

2.Government Maternity Hospital, Sultan Bazaar Hospital - a tertiary care hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology.

3.Niloufer Hospital - a quaternary care hospital for Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, maternal-fetal Medicine. It is one of the largest Hospitals of its kind in Asia, with advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics.

4.Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases - the institute where Dr.Ross elucidated the life cycle of malarial parasite (he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this work)

5.Government Maternity Hospital, Nayapul - a tertiary care Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital

6.Mehdi Nawaz Jung Institute of Oncology.

7.Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital - quaternary care ophthalmological institute with advanced training in Ophthalmology

8.Government ENT Hospital - quaternary care hospital for ENT disorders

9.The Institute of Mental Health, Errgadda

10.Government Chest Hospital - a quaternary care hospital for all kinds of lung disorders, especially tuberculosis and Pott's Disease of the spine.

11. Rural Health Centre, Patancheru - Osmania is one of the only two medical colleges in India with a rural health centre attached to it.

12. Outreach hospitals surrounding Hyderabad.

Osmania Medical College's predecessor, Hyderabad Medical School, was founded in 1846.

CULTURAL EVENTS

the medicos of omc usually celebrate their college day in the month of august.one unique feature feature is that every year a new name is selected for the event. the following are names of the college day

by batch 1998-PLEXUS

by batch 1999-ELIXIR

by batch 2000-GENESIS

by batch 2001-SANJIVNI

by batch 2002-SYNCITIUM

BY BATCH 2003-PHOENIX