Government Medical College and Hospital Chandigarh

Nursing shortages hit Chandigarh's PGIMER, top govt hospitals; vacancies cross 550

December 12, 2025 2:55 pm

Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari asks Centre to fill the vacancies immediately, calls outsourcing ‘arbitrary’.

Chandigarh: 383 posts vacant at GMCH-32 till June this year, shortage of nursing staff

July 22, 2025 1:29 am

Due to this prolonged shortage, quality of patient care has been impacted and the workload on the existing nursing staff has increased significantly

‘Brick by brick, I have seen GMCH-32 thriving’: Dr AK Attri

February 03, 2025 8:59 am

"From 500 to 1,025 beds, 50 MBBS seats to 250 now, PG in all subjects, DM in three specialities, and a high rank among medical colleges in the country — brick by brick, I have seen GMCH thriving and continue to do so as its Director-Principal," Dr AK Attri said.

GMCH: High Court junks student’s plea on admission to MBBS course

November 25, 2020 10:57 am

The court observed that the petitioner's effort to be considered against the NRI seat by importing the definition of NRI for BDS course is not only strange but is unacceptable.

Chandigarh: Staff facing acute lack of protective gears, not enough people being tested, say GMCH-32 resident doctors

March 31, 2020 3:38 am

Even as 12 persons suffering from the coronavirus disease are being treated at the hospital, the hospital staff faces a shortage of PPE, as claimed by a senior resident doctor of the hospital’s Anesthesiology department, Dr Dinesh Kumar.

Nurses say Chandigarh govt hospital short-staffed, patients not getting individual care

January 10, 2020 2:27 pm

The hospital has a sanctioned strength of 774 nursing staff, and to complete this strength, 178 vacancies were opened up in October of 2018. Only 97 nurses were ultimately hired and since then more than 50 have already resigned from their duties and shifted elsewhere.

GMCH-32 runs without cardiologist, echocardiogram machine lying defunct

February 06, 2014 3:21 pm

With the hospital administration expected to take some more time to get the machine to be functional, the patients will have to get tests conducted at private clinics.

National parents’ meet inaugurated at GMCH-32

November 12, 2013 2:59 am