Siddhartha Medical College, is a medical school in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the reputed Medical School providing Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education in AP.
Siddhartha Medical College was established by Siddhartha Academy of General and Technical Education, Vijayawada-10 in November, 1980 with an annual intake of 100 students. As this is a statewide college admissions will be done following six point formula. Then the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh late Sri. T. Anjaiah inaugurated the college on March'13 1981 and the regular session started from March 16, 1981.
A building complex for Siddhartha Medical College was completed in November 1985 with a floor space of 1,48,000Sq. ft. in an area of 57 acres and the college was shifted into this new premises on November'7 1985.
The A.P. University of Health Sciences was established on November'1 1986 in Vijayawada by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Siddhartha Medical College was handed over by the Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education to the A.P.University of Health Sciences on 21 December 1986. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has de-linked the college from NTR University of Health Sciences on 21 December 2000 , and brought this college under the administrative control of Director of Medical Education.
Siddhartha Medical College is attached with the following Government Teaching Hospitals in Vijayawada. The students rotates in the departments of the teaching hospitals as per their education requirements.
Government General Hospital(GGH), Vijayawada: It was inaugurated by Hon'ble minister Rajah of Panagal, Chief xxxx at Old city near railway station, later moved to with its branch at Gunadala, Vijayawada. It is a 590 bedded Government Public Hospital run by DME ( Directorate of medical Education, Hyderabad). It is the only public hospital in Vijayawada city.