Govt. Doon Medical College, Dehradun 

The objective of creating a Government medical college is to not only provide cost effective health services to the entire Garhwal region of Himalayas specially the tribal and disadvantage area of the region. The districts Uttarkashi, Tehri and Dehradun where access is only possible for Dehradun apart from this medical college will help to improve access to health services for common people of this state, Dehradun is the gateway of the whole Garhwal region of Uttarakhand and it drains patients from all the seven districts of the region, A government medical college in Dehradun will not only help the population in this region to access for quality health care in a subsidized pattern but will also help in quality medical health services for the tribal and backward population of the region. It will produce quality doctors, which will help to reduce the gap of trained manpower required in the state.