::...Welcome To King George Medical University..::

The Department of Social & Preventive Medicine (now Community Medicine) was the first to be established in Uttar Pradesh in 1958. Within 2 years of its establishment, the department started Rural Internship training - long before the need for rural orientation was realized at the national level. MD in SPM was started in 1961.This was the second institution in the country to start the Diploma in Public Health (DPH) course in 1964.The department was upgraded to a postgraduate department in 1972 and shifted to a new multistoried building in 1976. Presently, a 3rd floor of the department is completed. A 6 seated lift has been installed. The conference room has been renovated. Renovation work at Rural Health Training Centre, Sarojini Nagar, ETHSC Mati and Banthra is under progress.

There are 3 seats annually for MD (SPM) and 10 seats annually for the DPH (Diploma in Public Health) program

Activities

1.The department has four outreach centers, which are being used for training, research, and community health work. Besides teaching in community medicine, the department provides Comprehensive Family Medicine services at 4 health centers attached to it at Sarojini Nagar, Banthra, Mati and Alambagh. These consist of OPDs and inpatient wards at Sarojini Nagar PHC and Experimental Teaching Health Sub Centres (ETHSC) at Mati and Banthra.
2. The department is a recognized training centre for in-services training of Medical Officers working in Integrated Child Development Service Scheme of the Department of Social Welfare and nucleus of National Services Scheme of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
3. The department is also a nodal centre for study on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Uttar Pradesh.
4. The department has taken over administrative control of Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar (PHC) and started weekly clinic in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Family Planning in collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology CSMMU., in addition to routine OPD services , inpatients and field programs.
5. Consultancy services by senior faculty in field of MCH, Epidemics, HIV Surveillance, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project and other health related activities at International, National and State level.
6. Annual UP Chapter IAPSM Conference held.

Facilities/Services Offered:

Outdoor Clinics: at Urban Health Centre, Alambagh, Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar and ETHSC of Mati and Banthra. Routine Health Labroratory facilities are also available at these centers.
Indoor Facility: at Primary Health Centre Sarojini Nagar, ETHSC Mati and ETHSC Banthra
Speciality Clinics of Ophthalmology and Obstetrics & Gynecology are available at PHC Sarojini Nagar. Biweekly MCH Clinic at UHC Alambagh, ETHSC Mati and Banthra.
Immunization Clinics at all the four centers attached to department as well as Queen Mary's Hospital, CSMMU.
Mobile Health Clinics: in selected remote villages of Sarojini Nagar. The department has 3 mobile clinics under the Reorientation of Medical Education scheme.
Community based Comprehensive Medical Care: to selected group of families at Urban Health centre Alambagh, RHTC Sarojini Nagar, ETHSC Mati & Banthra through mobile clinics as part of Intern training Program.
Portable ultrasound machines and other equipments are available in the department. These are being used in community based medical care and research programs
Ambulance services for transportation of patients have been made available and functional.
Others: Services offered under all the National Health Programmes including DOTS Centre are available at Primary Health Centre, Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow

Current Research Projects:

1. Training for Medical Specialists, Faculty, Nursing staff and Paramedicals on HIV/AIDS/STD sponsored by UPSACS.
2. Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Health Effect of Drinking Arsenic Contaminated water in UP, sponsored by UNICEF/UP Jal Nigam
3. Arsenic Training Project on Medical Professional in UP, UNICEF/UP Jal Nigam
4.NCD Risk Factor surveillance under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project. Sponsored by WHO/Govt of India
5.A study of Factors Affecting Acceptability of Microbicides Among Different Population Groups in India sponsored by ICMR, New Delhi
6. Developing a community based model for adolescent health services in rural population sponsored by WHO Ongoing

Training Programs:

1. State Level TOT Workshop On RTI/STI Services Under NACP-III, Sponsored by Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society, Lucknow
2. Clinical Training of medical university faculty, District Specialists, Nursing and Paramedic staff in HIV/AIDS sponsored by UPSACS.
3.Training and orientation of medical professionals in arsenicosis and its mitigation in affected districts of UP.

Past Research Projects

1.AAPI-CSMMUjoint Rural Clinic Project in collaboration with American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Charitable Foundation, USA since 2003-04.
2.National Collaborative Project entitled “Prevention of Disability Among Preschool Children” sponsored by ICMR, New Delhi, since 2000.
3.State Collaborative Project “Maternal & Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Project sponsored by UNICEF and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. State Nutrition Resource Center, since 1999.
4. Intensification of Integrated Child Nutrition & Health Activities in UP, UNICEF.
5. IEC Project under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (in collaboration with State Health Institute, Govt. of UP), GOUP, UNICEF.
6.Training for Medical Specialists, Faculty, Nursing staff and Paramedicals on HIV/AIDS/STD.
7.Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Health Effect of drinking Arsenic contaminated water in UP., UNICEF/UP Jal Nigam
8.Concurrent Assessment & Technical Assistance to Districts of Uttar Pradesh sponsored by Department of Family Welfare Govt of UP.
9.Reaching Adolescent through Adolescent Health & FLE workshops is schools/colleges of Lucknow & establishing Adolescent Health at Lucknow sponsored by SIFPSA.

Previous Heads:
Dr. BG Prasad (1958 - 72), Dr. CMS Siddhu (1972 - 76), Dr. JK Bhatnagar (1977 - 79), Dr. BC Srivastava (1979 - 85), Dr. MR Chandra (1985 - 86), Dr. VC Jain (1986 - 88); Dr Ramesh Chandra (1989-2001); Dr KM Singh (Dean) (2001-2003