Quaid-e-Azam Medical College

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College Building, Front view

Courtyard View

Side View

Quaid-e-Azam Medical College (QAMC) is a medical college in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It was formerly known as Bahawalpur Medical College, and was designed by Pakistani architect A. R. Hye.

The College was founded in the 1970s, and is affiliated to Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital for clinical training of medical students. It provides health care facilities to a population of around 12 million, and had produced 3,282 medical graduates up to the year 1997.[1] It is a center of tertiary care and postgraduate courses, including DOMS, DCP, DCH, M.S. Orthopedics and FCPS in Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology, Neurosurgery and other specialties, and for MCPS in Dermatology. It was the first indigenously designed Medical Campus by a Pakistani Architect and has the characteristics typical in A. R. Hye's style of architecture.

The design of the building incorporates natural climate control features, such as cross-ventilation, strategic placement of windows, and overhangs and courtyards to create shade. Additionally, the roof vaults, besides providing insulation, also allow the flow of air through the vault roof, bringing down ceiling temperatures. Hollow walls also provide insulation.

[edit] Campus details

Area of College & Hospital Campus = 200 Acres
Total Land area of College = 120 Acres Approx.
Total area of College Buildings = 271,177 sq ft (25,193.2 m²).
Total area of Hospital (Indoor) = 389,542 sq ft (36,189.6 m²).
Out Patients Department = 153,951 sq ft (14,302.5 m²).
Operation Theatre Complex = 40,500 sq ft (3,760 m²).
Administrative Buildings = 40,693 sq ft (3,780.5 m²).
Nurses Accommodation = 128,935 sq ft (11,978.5 m²).
Total area of Sports Complex Playgrounds and Grassy Lawns. = 54,62,426 sq,ft.

[edit] Notable QAMC alumni

Abid Ul Ghafoor, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, USA^[1]
Ata ur Rehman, MD, Internal Medicine, Australia
Usman Fiqui MD, Internal Medicine, Michigan, USA
Mohammad Ishtiaq Raja MD, Internal Medicine, Maryland, USA
Dr Rana Abid Nazeer (GP Khanpur)