[1][2] Giani Zail Singh, president of India (1982–1987) was one of the few people involved in bringing the medical college to the Faridkot city, when he was the Chief minister of Punjab in 1972–1977.

GGS Medical College currently runs both undergraduate and postgraduate degree course and trains 10 audiologists and speech therapists every year.

The college has super-specialization facilities in the areas of Urology, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine and Plastic Surgery.

Rs.15.00 Crores were allocated by the Government of India for establishment of a separate Unit under Mother & Child Health Care Scheme of NRHM.

The department of Radio-diagnosis is well equipped with 1.5 Tesla M.R.I., 16 slice CT Scan, Mammography, Color Doppler and latest Digital X –ray machines.

All the diagnostic labs like Biochemistry, Microbiology and Pathology have all the latest facilities and equipment staffed by specialists to provide round the clock service to the patients.

The college offers Ph.D. programs in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy, Pharmacology, Nuclear Medicine, Radio diagnosis and Radiotherapy.

In the recent years, a number of seminars, conferences and workshops have been held in the college by different departments and the faculty members have published about 360 research papers in different National/International Journals.

Program is inaugurated by Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences or Principal of the college by lightening the lamp.