What can one learn at Shantabaa Medical College and General Hospital?

Medical caregivers are at the center of the whole healthcare system. They impact the institution and every human life they come across, and that is why being in this field is not only a profession but more of a service, making it one of the most respected professions for ages. Those who choose to make a career in medicine need to put others before them, but the power to save and impact people's lives is worth all the effort.

India is world-famous, with several great doctors and medical practitioners. There are more medical colleges and teaching hospitals in India than anywhere else. (1)But, several doubts and allegations were raised about being unethical and not maintaining any quality standards for education in recent years.

On the other hand, many rural areas in India are still deprived of institutions to educate them in medicine. Less than 30% of Indian rural districts have medical institutions. (2) There is an uneven distribution of medical facilities among urban and rural areas. While more than 70% of the population stays in rural areas, the question is - why do urban areas have more facilities? And this has proved to be a continuous trend for many years.

Shantabaa Medical College and General Hospital takes great pride in providing an environment of care and superior infrastructure to the people in rural areas. Every mind that aspires to be a part of this field can grow under the utmost care and expert guidance of staff, which is compassionate, dedicated, student-friendly, and encouraging. They have a dedicated team with facilities and services for each department.

The MBBS Programme comprises three professionals - Preclinical, Paraclinical, and Clinical departments. Let's Talk about each of these in brief.

The Preclinical Department consists of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry.These are the areas of practice in which the fundamentals of the human body and its composition are preached. The preclinical phase spread over the first two semesters of the MBBS course.

The Paraclinical Department consists of pharmacology, pathology, forensic medicine, and Microbiology. The Techniques of using the knowledge about the human body are taught here.

The Clinical Department consists of various sub-departments like general medicine, general surgery, pediatric, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics,anesthesiology, psychiatric, dermatology, TB and chest, Radiodiagnosis, ENT, Ophthalmology, and Dentistry. These are the specializations students can further opt for.

A message from the Dr. Vikas Sinha, Dean at Shantabaa Medical College and General Hospital -



Dr. Vikas Sinha worked as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of ENT at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Sewagram Wardha, Maharashtra, before moving on to the Govt. of Gujarat Medical Education and Health Services as an Associate Professor, and later as Professor and Head of ENT department at BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad. He was Dean at MP Shah Govt. Medical College Jamnagar, Govt. Medical College Bhavnagar, and Medical Superintendent Sir T General Hospital, Govt. Medical College Bhavnagar in the beginning of 2008. (Gujarat). He created a unique Bronchoscopy paradigm and received the Senior Consultant Award from the Gujarat State ENT Association.

The college has 150 seats in total and offers the MBBS course. Various facilities and activities like laboratories, libraries, museums, group discussions, seminars,training, guest lectures, field visits, surveys, and practicals are organised for each of these subdepartments by SMCGH. They provide surroundings where each student can explore their area of interest and do further research.

To maintain a positive and ethical environment in institutions, various committees are formed by faculty and students. The committees make sure that every student and staff are treated well and get to explore all of their potential and interests. This also ensures better mental health for everyone.

Some of the college committees are :

1. Anti Ragging committee
2. Harassment committee
3. Medical college council
4. Pharmaco vigilance committee
5. scientific review committee
6. Institutional ethics committee

The way forward

Shantabaa Medical College and General Hospital are on a mission to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible to every citizen in India and develop accomplished medical professionals to cater to the emerging healthcare needs across the nation by training competent, compassionate, and caring physicians through excellence in teaching, patient care, and medical research, while maintaining standards, ethics and morale at all levels.

An initiative by SMCGH to make healthcare and education easily accessible in rural areas will bring a significant impact on the nation in the long run. It serves various purposes.

- The low mortality rate in rural India.
- Feasibility of higher education all across the nation.
- Improved standard of living for the population of rural India.
- Better health solutions and diagnosis.
- Equal distribution of health resources among rural and urban areas.

In India, doctors are given the position of almighty, and people show utmost trust and respect in their actions and suggestions. Like Shantabaa Medical College and General Hospital, The institutions should take it upon themselves to nurture the best professionals and maintain health standards for the welfare of the society and the nation.

Let's aim for a better India where every human life is considered equally prestigious and gets non-biased treatment for their health problems because a healthy society is made of each healthy individual.