Gambat Medical College

Gambat Medical College is a public medical college in Gambat, district Khairpur Mir’s, in northern Sindh. The Sindh prospectus lists it as Gambat Medical College at Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences ¹. The campus sits on the left bank of the Rohri canal, about half a kilometre from the National Highway ¹.

The college runs one undergraduate programme, the five-year MBBS ¹. It offers no BDS programme in our records. Seats cover 23 tagged districts of Sindh ¹.

Our dataset names PUMHS Shaheed Benazirabad as the affiliating university. The prospectus records that the first four batches took their examinations through SMBBMU Larkana ¹. PUMHS Nawabshah records a history of medical education since 1974 on its home page ⁷.

The college teaches the PM and DC curriculum ¹. Clinical teaching runs at GIMS, the attached teaching hospital ¹. The hospital runs liver, kidney and bone marrow transplant programmes ³⁴.

Our dataset records 2014 as the founding year. Its history note records 2012. The prospectus traces the site to a two-room dispensary that opened in 1934 ¹.

The dispensary served outpatient care only until 1980 ². It became a taluka hospital in 1981 with 28 beds and grew through upgrades in 1989 ². The Government of Sindh declared it a Model Taluka Hospital in 1997 under a World Bank project ¹².

The Sindh Assembly announced an upgrade for the hospital in 2003 ². Notification PAS/LEGIS-B-6/2005 carried the upgrade on 18 December 2006 ². A project PC-1 for the institute followed in 2005 ².

The Sindh Assembly passed the act for an independent institute on 12 April 2011 ¹. The Chief Minister announced Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences as a degree-awarding institute ¹. Notification PAS/Legis-B-20/2013 carried the amendment act on 1 November 2013 ².

The Higher Education Commission issued its no-objection certificate on 31 March 2015 ¹. The HEC record gives 18 December 2006 as the institutional establishment date ⁶.

The first Director was Captain (R) Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti, the former medical superintendent of Gambat ¹². The Government of Sindh chartered the institute in 2005 ².

The prospectus records the ninth batch of MBBS for session 2025-26 ¹. The first four batches took their examinations through SMBBMU Larkana ¹. Wikipedia gives 2006 in its infobox and 2012 in its text ⁴.

The college site dates the dispensary to 1934 and the upgrade notifications to 2006 and 2013 ². The prospectus records recognition by the PM and DC ¹. Selection rests with the admitting university ¹.

The Sindh prospectus lists the college among the public sector medical colleges of the province ¹. Wikipedia records 2012 in its text for the college opening ⁴. The college site keeps a history page with the institute timeline ².

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates for this college. The closing aggregate moved from 77.8% in 2022 to 79.2% in 2023. It fell to 77.5% in 2024 and rose to 83.6% in 2025.

The 2025 figure is the highest in the series and the largest single-session rise in the four rows. Compare sessions with care because the MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180.

The Sindh prospectus builds the aggregate from 10% SSC, 40% HSSC and 50% MDCAT ¹. A candidate needs at least 55% in MDCAT 2025 for MBBS ¹.

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 18,000. The prospectus records Rs 20,000 admission fee and Rs 48,000 tuition per year on the merit seat ¹. The self-finance route costs Rs 25,000 admission and Rs 650,000 tuition per year ¹.

GIMS is the attached teaching hospital of the college ¹. Our dataset records 800 beds. The prospectus records a bed capacity of more than 1,000 ¹.

The transplant programme opened in January 2016 and delivered its first liver transplant in April 2016 ³. The News reported the 1,000th successful liver transplant on 19 May 2024 ³.

The transplant centre treats patients free of charge as a Government of Sindh project ³. The programme website records more than 1,410 liver transplants and free kidney transplant services ⁵.

An in-house team led by Dr Abdul Wahab Dogar runs the transplants, with a success rate of 90 percent ³. The hospital keeps a liver tower with round-the-clock cover, a rapid response centre and a burn unit ⁵.

The hospital performed its first bone marrow transplant on 22 June 2021 ⁴. The programme site records 354 qualified staff ⁵.

Our dataset lists the organ transplant centre, a robotic surgery laboratory, a cath laboratory and an oncology centre among the campus facilities. Students train beside these units from the clinical years ¹. The prospectus records the hospital as attached to the college ¹.

The prospectus names the college as Gambat Medical College at PAQSJIMS, so the college sits inside the institute campus ¹. The campus sits on the left bank of the Rohri canal, about half a kilometre from the National Highway ¹.

Our dataset lists the organ transplant centre, robotic surgery laboratory, cath laboratory and oncology centre, student residences and medical library. The college keeps four air-conditioned lecture halls, a dissection hall and a skills laboratory ¹.

The library keeps separate portions for men and women and stays open from 8am to 8pm ¹. It offers the HEC digital library with more than 25,000 journals and over 100 computers ¹.

The campus also holds a computer laboratory, a bone bank, a power laboratory and departmental museums ¹. The site gives one telephone number for the college, 0303-0591376 ². Our dataset records student residences on campus.

The prospectus sets transport at Rs 5,000 a year for students on the fee schedule ¹.

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The prospectus records recognition by the PM and DC ¹.

The HEC lists the institute as a public sector body chartered by the Government of Sindh ⁶. The HEC record gives 18 December 2006 as the institutional establishment date ⁶.

Wikipedia records the amendment act of 2013 for the institute ⁴. Selection and admission rest with the admitting university under the prospectus ¹. PUMHS Nawabshah runs its own admission portal for the public medical colleges it governs ⁷.

Gambat is a small town in district Khairpur Mir’s. The college campus sits on the Rohri canal away from the city centre ¹.

Our dataset records student residences on campus. The library keeps separate portions for men and women and stays open from 8am to 8pm ¹. The prospectus sets a yearly hostel fee of Rs 16,000 for all categories ¹.

Students train beside the transplant programmes at GIMS from the clinical years ¹. The hospital treats patients free of charge under a Government of Sindh project ³.

The college runs a computer laboratory, a bone bank and departmental museums for student work ¹. The HEC digital library gives students access to more than 25,000 journals ¹.

Wikipedia records the first bone marrow transplant at the hospital on 22 June 2021 ⁴. The News covered the 1,000th liver transplant milestone in May 2024 ³. Students observe transplant and renal services during their clinical work.