The Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in 2017, conceived the idea of starting a batch of five new medical colleges across the state to strengthen the already existing medical colleges to make the state’s health care systems at par with the premier health care institutions across the country. Government Medical College Kathua is one of the newly established medical college. Located at beautiful scenic village of Chak Sajjan in Kathua, it is situated at a distance of 4km from city of Kathua, which is both district & sub-district headquarter of Chak Sajjan village. The Addiction Treatment Facility Centre, GMC Kathua is providing OPD services to patients suffering from different types of Substance Use Disorders in the premises of Associated Hospital Govt. Medical College Kathua from April 2022.