Government Medical College, Surat was established in the year 1964 with the primary objective of imparting medical education and for extending tertiary level care for the patients of South Gujarat and surrounding regions. Government Medical College is affiliated to Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. The campus sprawling over an area of 130 acres, now houses the main buildings of Medical College, New Civil Hospital, hostel for students and residential quarters for different categories of staff. At present the college admits 250 students for M.B.B.S. degree course every year. 177 seats of Post-graduate degree - diploma courses are also offered in most of the subjects.

The Institute is having 250+ faculty, and 23 Departments. All departments offer PG courses. Medical Education Unit and IRB with Scientific Review Committee and Ethics Committee churn out excellent quality Medical Research.

New Civil Hospital, Surat was established before five decades in the year of 1964 with the facility of 300 beds for indoor patients with the primary objective of imparting medical education and for extending tertiary level health care for the patients of South Gujarat and surrounding regions. It was the part of the Government Medical College, Surat which was established in the same year. Gradually, over fifty years, it has grown to the present size and dimensions with teaching-bed capacity of 1150 beds with other 110 beds like beds for ICUs and Special rooms; over and above these. And currently there is an additional 1000 and 800 bedded COVID19 Hospitals. A Superspeciality Hospital is built and will be functional soon.

The hospital caters to the needs of nearly 4000 patients on outdoor basis and on an average 150 to 200 patients are admitted as indoor patients. There are spacious, well ventilated and equipped general wards and special A.C. rooms. Outdoor patient department is well equipped with computerized Registration counters with token system, with separate windows for senior citizens and disabled, stretcher & wheel-chair bay, drinking water & sanitation facilities and broad-speciality and super-speciality consultation services. Hospital has its own round the clock Ambulance services with well-equipped ultramodern Ambulance vehicles and 'ICU on Wheels'.

To provide latest Healthcare, Medical Education and Research, the Hospital is equipped with most sophisticated, ultramodern and state of the art equipments, instruments & diagnostic services. There are NABL accredited laboratory services for Pathology, Biochemistry and Microbiology and NABH accredited Blood bank in Immuno-Histology and Blood Transfusion department. Hospital has its own Nursing College and Physiotherapy College. The ART center of this hospital is awarded the Best ART center in the state serving maximum number of patients with its allied PNC Clinic and STI Clinic. Lakshya Project is aimed at decreasing MMR and IMR. NICU, PICU, Milk Bank are the awarded services in Pediatrics. NCHS has 24 operation theaters to cater to the community at large, out of which nine are State of Art modular operation theaters.