Assam To Transform Healthcare With New 3,000-Bed Facility At GMCH

GUWAHATI: In a major boost to the healthcare infrastructure in Assam, the old Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) is going to be demolished to make way for a state-of-the-art 3,000-bed hospital. The project comes in the wake of the recent inauguration of three new hospitals: Pragjyotishpur Hospital, Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH), and a separate Mother & Child Hospital.

Once completed, the new GMCH complex will become the second-largest hospital in India, following Patna, with a total capacity of 5,000 beds. The recently built Mother and Child Hospital will be opened by the end of October, which will greatly improve the maternal and child healthcare facilities in the region.

Apart from that, MMCH will also be upgraded to a Super Speciality Hospital with modern facilities to support complicated medical procedures like liver and kidney transplants.

In a first-of-its-kind development, GMCH will also provide proton beam therapy, a state-of-the-art cancer treatment method available in just two other Indian cities—Chennai and Mumbai. This precision therapy aims to kill cancer cells with lesser damage to surrounding healthy tissues. Officials are in talks to buy a proton beam therapy machine costing Rs. 500 crore, which is expected to strengthen Assam's position in the healthcare map of the country.

The overall modernization of GMCH fits into the vision of the Assam government to create Guwahati as a regional healthcare hub with the latest treatments and more patient capacity for the Northeast region and beyond.

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