[1][2] GTBH was established in 1979[citation needed] (fully functional in 1987) with a 350-bed capacity which has been expanded to 1700-beds.

[1] The Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is located in Dilshad Garden, Shahdara, East Delhi.

It was proposed by the minister to provide medical education to every student who attained the eligibility criteria and wished to become a doctor.

The criteria being stringent (minimum 60% aggregate), but it still caused a 100 or so students to be left out, even with the presence of two Medical Colleges in Delhi – MAMC and LHMC.

That year classes began in the makeshift Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, North Campus.