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Armed
Forces Medical College (AFMC) |
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Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)
The Armed Forces Medical College was formed at Pune on
01 May 1948 by the amalgamation of Army Medical Training
Centre, the Army School of Hygiene, the Central Military
Pathology Laboratory, the School of Blood Transfusion
and Army School of Radiology. The college was initially
housed in Eve’s Estate and later shifted to Connaught
Barracks, the present location.
The libraries of AFMC are the nerve centers of learning
and serve as reference centre for more than one thousand
students and two hundred faculty members.
A new lecture hall complex consisting of 3 lecture halls
named Charaka, Sushruta and Atreya which were added in
Dec 1986. A second auditorium named Dhanvantari was built
in Dec 1987, which coincided with silver jubilee of the
Graduate Wing. This auditorium is one of the largest in
Pune with seating capacity of twelve hundred people.
Due to the emergence of new disciplines, increasing staff
and enlargement of spectrum of academic activities a new
building housing 18 technical departments was planned.
This new building, called the Golden Jubilee Block was
inaugurated by Shri George Fernandes, Defence Minister,
Govt. of India on 02 May 1998.
On 01 May 1998 four new hostel blocks for boys with
272 rooms were added. 450 single Other Rank accommodation
was added on 09 Jan 2001 and 53 Other Rank married accommodation
was added in July 2001.
Courses at AFMC
MBBS
 Course
Duration :
 The
duration of MBBS course is four and a half year followed
by internship of one year.
Service
Liability :
Students
have compulsory liability to serve as Commissioned Officers
in the Armed Forces Medical Services.
The offer of the type of commission will depend on the
vacancies available. The candidates' parents/guardians
are required to sign a bond agreement at the time of admission.
Interview of Candidate :
On
the basis of their performance in the written examination
selected candidates in order of roll numbers will
be called for an interview to be held in the month of
June at AFMC, PUNE.
The
exact date of the above interview will be intimidated
to the selected candidates. Request for change of date
of interview will NOT be entertained. The candidates will
be required to produce originals of all certificates/mark
sheets at the time of interview. All candidates will produce
result or proof of having appeared in
the qualifying examination held, at the time of interview
(if the result of such examination has not
been declared).
On
the basis of the above test and interview two merit lists,
one for boys and one for girls, will be drawn up and
admissions will be offered only to candidates in accordance
with their merit position. Individual letters of
admission will be sent only to selected candidates who
would be required to join AFMC. The remaining candidates
will be on waiting list. The result will be published
by the DGAFMS in the newspapers.
SC/ST
Candidates :
Ten
seats are reserved for SC / ST candidates.
The
SC / ST candidates must qualify in the written examination and
come within the zone to be called up
for interview.
They
must come within the first 500 in the final combined merit
list of boys and girls.
Medical Standards :
The
candidate must be in good physical and mental health and
free from any disability likely to interfere with
the efficient performance of duty in the Armed Forces.
All
candidates will be subjected to medical examination as per the
requirement of the Armed Forces and as
per the laid down standards.These are available
on the DGAFMS website at www.indarmy.nic.in
/ dgafms
and at www.afmc.nic.in
There is no provision for declaring a candidate temporarily
unfit. The final authority
for deciding medical fitness to the MBBS Course
is the Commandant AFMC. Medical Examination report by
civilian doctors will not be accepted.
Important
physical requirements are enumerated below for guidance:
There should be:
- No serious deformity and mal-developments, scoliosis,
spinal bifida and other skeletal deformities.
- No impediment of speech.
- No sign of functional/organic disease of the heart or
blood vessels.
- No evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis or previous history
of this disease or any other chronic disease of the
lungs.
- No evidence of any disease of the digestive system,
including any abnormality of the liver or spleen.
- No inguinal hernia or tendency thereto, hydrocoele
or definite varicocoele.
- No fistula, piles, disease of the kidneys, disease
of the skin.
- No active, latent or congenital STD, history of
epilepsy and any mental and psychiatric disorder.
- No squint or any other morbid condition of the
eye.
- No active trachoma or Lymph nodes.
- The height and weight requirements will depend upon the
age, body build and racial characteristics as per standards
laid down for Armed Forces:
- Girl Standard: In case of female candidates, minimum
height of 144 cms and minimum weight of 36kgs is essential.
- Boys Standards: The male candidates height below 157.5cms
(152.5 for Gorkhas, Nepalese and Garhwali, and Assamese)
and weight below 39 kgs will not be accepted irrespective of
age and other factors.
- There should be minimum 5cms range of chest expansion.
- There should be no ear discharge and no perforation
of the eardrum/nasal septum.
| Visual
Standards |
Better
eye |
Worse
eye |
| Distant Vision (Corrected) |
6/6 |
6/18 |
| Near Vision (Corrected) |
N5 |
N8 |
| Myopia of not more than |
-3.5 D |
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| Hypermetropia of not more than +3.5 D |
+3.5 D |
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| Minimum color vision standard should
be CP-3 (Defective Safe). |
Hearing
Standard :
Speech
test: The candidate should be able to hear a forced whisper
with each ear separately at a distance
of 20 feet.
Audiometric record: The candidates should have no loss of hearing
in either ear at frequencies of 128 to
4.096 cycles per second (Audiometry reading between
plus 10 and minus 10).
Facilities Provided To The Students :
Hostel Facility :
The
college is fully residential and residence in the hostel is
compulsory for all students with service liability.
Separate boys and girls hostels are located in the college campus.
The hostel accommodation is free of charge
for service liability candidates. If a student is removed from
service liability on account of being found
medically unfit for commission or on disciplinary/academic grounds
he/she will have to make his / her own arrangements
for stay.
Messing
Facility :
All
students residing in the hostel are required to join the
mess attached to the hostel. Vegetarian and Non vegetarian
food is served in a common combined mess for both boys
and girls cadets.
Health
& Recreational Facility :
Students
are required to participate in games, sports and gymnastics.
Facilities for sports such as cricket, squash,
tennis, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, handball,
table tennis and gymnastics are provided free
of cost. Facilities for aquatics also exist on nominal
payment.
There
is an open air cinema, membership for which is compulsory.
Hindi and English films are screened.
Students
with service liability are entitled to free outpatient/ inpatient/
dental treatment at all times in any service
hospital / dental centre to the extent of medical facilities
available locally. Periodical medical examination
/ medical board considered necessary will also be carried out
free of cost.
Special
Concessions :
Entitled
rations as authorised and subsidised messing arrangements.
Free
hostel accommodation and allied services.
AC-3
Tier railway warrant for journey during term vacation from college
to home and back.
First
Class / AC2 Tier rail journey on railway warrant after being
commissioned.
A
subsidy of Rs.12000/- per medical cadet for purchase of books
and equipment during the entire training
period. Amount will be issued proportionately during
I, II and III MBBS.
Uniform
allowance – Rs. 6000/- per medical cadet during first
year and Rs.1250/- per year as maintenance
allowance in subsequent years.
Hair
Cutting/Hair Cleaning Allowance of Rs. 75/-per month per medical
cadet.
Stationery
allowance of Rs. 1000/- per medical cadet per year.
Washing
allowance Rs. 200/- per medical cadet per month.
All
AFMC cadets are provided Insurance /Disability benefits by Army
Group Insurance fund on payment of
Rs 5950/- as a one time non refundable premium.
Additional premium for every relegated term of six
months is Rs 755/-. Insurance cover is Rs 8, 00,000/-
for death and Rs 4, 00,000/- for 100% disability
proportionately reduced to Rs 80,000/- for 20%
disability. Further details regarding terms and conditions
are available with the Admission Cell AFMC. The
scheme is compulsory for all cadets.
B.Sc. Nursing
Admission Procedure :
The
course commences in the month of Aug. Advertisements for
recruitment appear in the leading news papers
of the country in the month of Oct/ Dec every year, both
for B Sc & GNM courses. Candidates are required
to submit their application forms in the prescribed format,
along with other necessary documents mentioned
therein.
Eligibility :
The
candidate must be an Indian National or a subject of Nepal
or Sikkim, Age 17-25 years.
Educational Qualification :
10
+ 2, or equivalent examination of 12 years duration of
a recognized University Board with Physics, Chemistry,
Biology (Botany & Zoology) and English. The candidate
should have not less than 50% aggregate
marks in all subjects. The candidate should have passed
the examination in single attempt.
Selection Procedure :
Selection
will be based on the merit of the candidate at an All India
level.
A
written objective type of examination will be conducted in February/
March every year, at certain selected centres
(Published from time to time.)
Successful
candidates will be called for an interview at selected centres
in the month of April/May each year.
Candidates
must be declared medically fit. The fitness will be determined
by a Medical Board of Military Medical Officers.
Merit
listed candidates based on the interview and medical fitness
will be called for B. Sc. (Nsg).
Selected
candidates will be required to execute a bond of agreement
to serve in the Military Nursing Service
for a minimum period of 5 yrs as permanent commissioned
officers, on successful completion of the
course.
Written
Examination Centres :
The
written examination will be conducted in 17 centres all
over India.
Post Graduation Courses
The
college is recognized by the Medical Council of India
for
MD
Paediatrics,
Anaesthesia, Preventive & Social Medicine, Medicine, Dermatology
& Venerology,
Radiodiagnosis, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology,
Psychiatry, Physiology, Hospital Administration, TB
& Chest Diseases and Biochemistry.
MS
Otorhinolaryngology,
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Anatomy and Orthopaedics.
M.Ch
Neuro-surgery,
Plastic-surgery and CT Surgery.
PhD
Physiology,
Microbiology and Preventive & Social Medicine.
The
vacancies for the above course is available to service officers
only. However, any unutilized vacancy is
available to civilians. The selection for filling
these vacancies is based on an entrance examination.
Method of Selection : AFMC Entrance Exam: Click
here
Disclaimer: The information
given on this website is for general guidelines only.
Refer to the prospectus for the year of admission for
exact details.
The college conducts Under Graduate course sanctioned
vide Govt. of India Ministry of Defence letter no. 11984/DGAFMS/DG-3(B)/9718/D
(Med) dated 04 July 1962
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