About the Institute:
The first seed of inception of this medical college was sown in November of 1969. Its foundation stone was laid by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Late Shri Chandra Bhanu Gupta. It was named after a devoted freedom fighter Baba Raghav Das who was a prominent Sarvoday Leader of this area and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave. Initially the teaching started in government polytechnic and later shifted to college and hospital buildings under the dynamic leadership of Prof P.L. Shukla as first principal of this college. First batch of MBBS students was admitted on 7th August 1972. Since then this college has grown and now runs post graduate courses in various specialties.
Vision:
BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur provides tertiary health care services to a large population from district Gorakhpur and adjoining districts of Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Siddharthnagar, Deoria, and Basti, and also from bordering districts of Bihar and neighboring country Nepal. The trust of people of people in this institution is reflected by whopping number of patients registered for OPD services (more than 3.5 lakh patients avail OPD services every year) and utilizing the IPD services (more than 40,000 patients are treated in IPD of BRD Medical College each year).
