Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMC&H) Ludhiana, Punjab, India, is a 1625-bed tertiary care, NABH-accredited teaching hospital in North India, affiliated with the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, recognised by NMC.
The institution has an imposing complex of modern buildings and is equipped with all kinds of modern facilities for providing excellent care to patients and training to undergraduate and postgraduate students. All the clinical departments, along with the diagnostic laboratories, provide round-the-clock service at the campus
Dr. Banarsi Das Soni, formerly Captain in the Indian Medical Service (I.M.S.), possessed a fervent commitment to medical education and patient care. His vision was to establish a medical school aimed at training doctors and delivering essential healthcare services. In 1934, this visionary idea materialized into the Arya Medical School, with only 20 students for the LSMF (Diploma of Punjab State Medical Faculty) in a rented facility at Civil Lines, Ludhiana.
In 1936, the management transitioned to Arya Samaj, Ludhiana, under the auspices of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab. A separate administrative body, designated by the Management Committee of Arya High School in Ludhiana, was responsible for supervising the activities of the medical school. The Arya Medical School shifted to its own premises, later known as the Old Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, in 1937.
Recognition for LSMF and the operation of an affiliated hospital was granted to the medical school in 1938. Subsequently, the institution was renamed as "Dayanand Hospital".
In 1964, adhering to government regulations, “Dayanand Hospital” evolved into a comprehensive MBBS college, officially named Dayanand Medical College. The management of the college was entrusted to a distinguished group from Ludhiana, who formed the "Managing Society of Dayanand Medical College & Hospital," with the esteemed Late Sh. H. R. Dhanda serving as its founding president.
