The Delhi government will establish a medical college at Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital in Raghubir Nagar, West Delhi, with 150 MBBS seats and 40 postgraduate seats, as part of an integrated 1,322-bed healthcare campus planned for the area.
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh announced the plan on Monday. The proposed medical college will be developed within the existing hospital campus, which covers around 13 acres. The government said the institution will combine medical education with clinical care, allowing students to train in patient examination, diagnosis, treatment and emergency services.
The medical college will be linked to a 472-bed mother-and-child hospital and an 850-bed general hospital. Together, these facilities are intended to expand healthcare capacity for West Delhi, including an estimated population of around 10 lakh people.
According to the announcement, the affiliated hospital model will give medical students access to patients during their training. Students will be able to gain practical exposure to clinical services and emergency care while working within the hospital system. The 40 postgraduate seats are also expected to increase the capacity to train specialist doctors in Delhi.
The 850-bed general hospital is being developed on approximately eight acres of land in Raghubir Nagar. It is planned to provide treatment for various illnesses, emergency services and care for critically ill patients. The government has not provided a completion timeline or detailed construction schedule in the announcement.
The 472-bed mother-and-child hospital will focus on services for pregnant women, newborns and children. Its inclusion in the integrated campus places maternal and paediatric care alongside general treatment and medical education facilities.
The announcement links the project’s healthcare function with the city’s medical training capacity. In addition to providing hospital beds, the campus is intended to create a larger pipeline of doctors and specialists through undergraduate and postgraduate education. However, details on the college’s approval process, construction milestones, staffing pattern, funding arrangements and operational start date were not specified in the information released.
The Delhi government has said the new medical college and the integrated hospital campus will improve healthcare services for West Delhi. The next milestones will include the development of the college and hospital facilities and the completion of the administrative and operational processes required to begin medical education and patient services.
