GSVM Medical College,Kanpur 4.31

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College is a state run medical college in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.The college is named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, a freedom fighter and journalist from Kanpur. It was founded in 1956.There is an annual intake of 190 students to the MBBS course, decided by an all India common entrance examination called NEET-UG. 15% of seats comes under all India quota and 85% of seats come under state quota.Associated hospitalLala Lajpat Rai Hospital (LLR Hospital), which is also known as Hallet Hospital, is associated with GSVM,KanpurOther associated hospitals are LPS Institute of Cardiology, Rawatpur Kanpur, JK Cancer Institute, Rawatpur Kanpur, Murari lal Chest Hospital, Rawatpur.Kanpur2014 police incidentOn 28 February 2014, Samajwadi Party MLA from Sisamau Irfan Solanki, his driver and official gunner were involved in a minor accident with two doctors of GSVMMC. The gunner allegedly assaulted the two junior doctors. As more doctors arrived, Solanki and his gunner fled. Later, a large group of Samajwadi Party hoodlums arrived and beat up many students. Following the incident, heavy police force was deployed but was unable to control the growing tension from both sides.Heavy police force, comprising PAC and RAF, rushed to the spot to control the situation by carrying out a heavy raid on GSVM hostels. The following morning, 1 Mar. 2014, the late night raid carried out by police presented a sordid picture of police high-handedness and the pitched battle waged by junior doctors. Besides violating personal rights and properties of many hostel residents, police also destroyed window panes and door locks to get into the rooms of residents. The principal of college Navneet Kumar, who was trying to calm the situation down, was misbehaved and insulted. According to Navneet Kumar, among the students who were seriously injured, one of them suffered a pelvic fracture.