Department of Anatomy
Started in 1991
- 7 Demonstrators and 18 Non-teaching Staff
- First Batch of 50 students was admitted in the same year i.e. 1991
- First Batch of Post- graduated MD (Anatomy) in Feb 2001
Services
- Body Donation: The department runs a programme to create awareness and sensitize people to donate their bodies voluntarily. For this purpose, the volunteers are requested to a fill a consent form with the signatures of their next kith or kin to inform the department. The volunteers are issued a donor card. Till date the department has 328 consent forms for volunteers donation.
- Embalming : The cadaver belonging to voluntary donors and unclaimed bodies are embalmed in the mortuary for preservation.
(Click here for Guidelines and Body Donation Form) (Size: 232.5 KB, Format: PDF, Language: English) - Foetal Autopsy: Fetuses (below 26 weeks of pregnancy) with congenital malformations are sent to the department for autopsy by the Gynaecology department. In relevant cases Radiological & Histological examination is done to ascertain the cause of fetal death. Proper consent from the parents is taken before the autopsy. The final report is sent to the gynaecologist for further follow up
Facilities
- Ventilated dissection Hall with embalming room, Histology labs, well- equipped, museum, lecture theatre and seminar room.
- Dissection Hall is equipped with twelve full size dissection tables, incinerator, bone and meat cutting machine and fiber glass cadaver tanks.
- Refrigerated mortuary chambers for six cadavers.
- The students histology laboratory has sufficient number of binocular microscopes, pentahead microscope, automatic tissue processor, knife sharpener, tissue stainer, cryostat and autoclave. Triple distillation plant is also available in the department.
- In addition the department has LCD Projector, laptops, four slide projectors, over head projector, embryology and neuroanatomy projection slides as teaching aids.
- The museum displays 160 dissected specimens, 5 plastinated specimens, 75 models, 250 charts and drawings and a catalogue of the specimens. The museum has 5 foetal skeletons, 25 disarticulated skeletons, 50 complete skulls and 44 sets of disarticulated skull bones, Several Animated/ still CD’s for teaching / self learning.
Training
The department trains 50 MBBS Students every year. From 2013, the strength of MBBS students has been increased to 100 students every year. In addition classes are held for B.Sc physiotherapy, Radiodiagnosis, Ophthalmology and Anaesthesia students. This is the first department of GMCH to have started Post Graduation with the admission of 2 students to M.Sc Course in August 2000. The department admitted the first batch of Medical graduates of MD (Anatomy ) course in Feb 2001. Till date fifteen students have completed their MD degree & 6 Students have obtained M.Sc (Anatomy) degree from the department. Presently one student is pursuing the post Graduation.