Rajiv Gandhi Medical College
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Rajiv Gandhi Medical College is a school of medicine, established in 1992 and based in Thane, just north of Mumbai, India.
[edit] Ranking
For its age, it has gained a lot of repute, currently ranking fifth in the state, i.e. Maharashtra. It shares the status of the most recent medical college in India with GMC, Kota; only second to Talegaon medical college. It is attached to the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, both of which are run by the Thane Municipal Corporation.
[edit] Courses and departments
It offers the MBBS course, which has a 4½ + 1 year duration. The institute has 60 seats for MBBS which is the lowest in the state and offers more personal attention to each aspiring doctor. The CSMH hospital is equipped with over 500 beds, and a host of speciality departments which include Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Chest medicine & TB, Physiotherapy, Dermatology & Veneroleprology, HIV. The others being Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Dental Surgery & Preventive and Social Medicine.