Osmania Medical College - [OMC], Medak

Here is a comparative analysis of both AIIMS Bibinagar and Osmania Medical College that will help you choose the right one for you

AIIMS Bibinagar

• It’s a Centrally funded institute 
• You will get the much coveted AIIMS tag
• The college has an amazing hostel and campus facilities 
• The college has a decent research culture and the academics are delivered by the best of faculties
• Small batch size translates to better student-teacher ratio.
• AIIMS offers more stipends during internships.
• A huge campus spread across 230 acres

Osmania medical college

• Osmania is known to have an excellent OPD load with many diverse cases daily 
• It has 10 attached hospitals so the IPD lod is Incomparable 
• The college has a rich legacy so the alumni network is pretty strong.
• Great location as it is close to the metro
• It has PG quota

Now choose wisely based on your preferences!

Here is my honest observation of both these medical colleges.

My friend studies at Osmania Medical College. According to him, Osmania does not have good facilities. First of all, the college and hospital are located far away from each other. The hospital infrastructure is in a poor condition. The faculty does not teach well, they basically teach from guides. No proper teaching schedule is followed, and campus strikes are very common.

AIIMS Hyderabad is very newly built. But it has top class faculty. Unlike Osmania, the teacher-student ratio is good. Moreover, around 200 acres of area is allocated for sports activities. 

So I would suggest you choose AIIMS Hyderabad over Osmania. 

It's difficult to say which medical college is "better" as it ultimately depends on individual preferences and needs. However, Osmania Medical College offers better exposure as students get to attend postings in 9 different hospitals till the time they complete their final year. Here, every specialty has its own hospital so students get to witness diverse cases during their time in the college. However, it's pretty tiring to travel to and fro to the hospital and then attend classes in the college in the afternoon.

Gandhi Medical College has a hospital within the college premises therefore saving a lot of time for students. However, the amount of exposure they get is limited.

So, it is better to choose Osmania Medical College over Gandhi Medical College. 

Osmania Medical College is a very old medical institute established in the mid-1800s and has a deteriorating infrastructure now. AIIMS Nagpur on the other hand has been established in 2012 with all modern architecture and facilities. Both the institutes have unique pros and cons and choosing one over the other means which institutes weaknesses you are choosing to overlook.

Osmania Medical College*

Pros 

• Enjoys a good reputation because of its early establishment.
• You get help from many seniors in MBBS, MD, and MS, etc
• Being such an old college, it has an elaborate alumni network with many experienced doctors working in India and abroad. 
• The institute holds the OSMECON, an undergraduate medical conference 
• The institute has 10 attached hospitals, for different specialties. The clinical exposure offered is excellent here. 

Cons

• The infrastructure of Osmania Medical College is horrible and the buildings are falling apart as they are old
• No emphasis on extracurricular activities
• Poor hostel facilities with no accommodation for students from Hyderabad. The food served in the mess and living rooms are in horrible condition.
• Whereas in AIIMS Nagpur every student gets a single room from the beginning, very clean and brand new. Nothing to complain about there.
• The institute lacks funding from the central government
• No research culture here so it’s difficult for students. Planning to go to the US for residency 
• Only 15% of seats are filled through All India Quota and thus there is no diversity in the student body it attracts

AIIMS Nagpur 

• AIIMS Nagpur actively promotes research work and those interested can approach a professor. Most professors have published research publications, journals, and books and will guide you excellently.
• A very diverse student body as it has only AIQ. The cutoff is very high so you will be surrounded by the geniuses of the country.
• AIIMS Nagpur infrastructure is incomparable to OMC as it has been newly established and thus is equipped with modern technology.
• AIIMS Nagpur has excellent hostel facilities with single rooms for every student, great mess food and other hostel facilities.
• AIIMS Nagpur focuses equally on extracurriculars to ensure the holistic development of its students.

AIIMS Nagpur 

Cons

• Because of its recent establishment, the alumni network is barely existent.
• Has no major fests or conferences held at a scale similar to OMC
• The OPD footfall is less in comparison to well-established OMC 

There is no right answer and only to find the right college for you after weighing the pros and cons.

Both GMC and OMC are equally good medical colleges for internships in terms of the exposure they offer. However, if I had to choose one between the two, I would have opted for GMC. 

Students of OMC have to roam around from one hospital to another for completion certificates and waste a lot of time in the process. There are students from all over Hyderabad, and sometimes traveling to the hospital takes 45 minutes. For example, the maternity hospital is at one end while the Psychiatry department is at another. This results in many technical challenges and students might find it difficult to get their degree certificate

So, if you have the choice, go for an internship at Gandhi Medical College because here everything is under one roof so you will bewill be saving a lot of time and effort. 

Osmania University is a state college, and AIIMS is a national institute. Each college has both pros and cons, which will vary from person to person.

When it comes to Osmania Medical College, it has a great OP with over 1000 patients per day. Furthermore, it is a well-known brand in the Telugu states and many other south Indian states. It has excellent professors with many years of experience, and you will have no linguistic difficulties if you return to Hyderabad. Other issues to consider include safety and security, hostel conditions, ragging, and so on. It has more affiliated hospitals than AIIMS, New Delhi, providing us with more exposure to new cases and patients.

AIIMS Raipur is a nationally renowned institution with an adequate funding system. You will also be marked with the AIIMS tag. Extracurricular activities abound in central institutions. This college's professors are also experienced. Here, research and other programs are encouraged. Because AIIMS uses a semester system rather than a yearly system, failing will not appear on your final report. It also has more cultural diversity, given that people from all over India will be attending AIIMS. The hospital and college infrastructure is also superior to that of Osmania.