Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences explained

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Image Alt:Official Seal of IGIMS
Mottoeng:Praninam Artinashanam
Type:Government
Superintendent:Manish Mandal
Principal:Ranjit Guha
Dean:V. M. Dayal
Director:Dr. Bindey Kumar
City:Patna
State:Bihar
Country:India
Coor:25.608°N 85.1675°W
Campus:Urban
Athletics Affiliations:IGIMS Premier League, ISL
Other Name:IGIMS
Academic Affiliations:NMC, UGC, AIU

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, an Institute under State Legislature Act (Government), was established on 19 November 1983 as an autonomous organisation on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. It is one of the main health care institutions in the state of Bihar. It is the only superspecialist institute of Bihar and tops the hierarchy in patient referral chain. The institute provides education in medicine and does conducts many health and medicinal research in Bihar. It received affiliation of medical college from MCI (now NMC) in September 2011. It has 120 recognised MBBS seats and the highest number of superspeciality seats among the colleges of Bihar.

It is recognised to provide degree of MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch, DM, DNB, Ph.D. and various paramedical degrees.[1]

Campus

IGIMS is located in Bailey Road. The whole medical college and hospital campus is spread over an area of 131 acres.[2] The hospital is proposed to have 2500 beds in the coming few years.[3] At present, there are nearly 1070 beds present with a 100-bed Regional Cancer Institute. Construction is ongoing of another 500-bed ultra modern hospital, and 200-bed Regional Institute of Ophthalmology.[4]

Departments

IGIMS provides the following clinical departments:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medical Council of India approves MBBS course at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Patna News - Times of India . . 2013-07-23 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516125444/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Medical-Council-of-India-approves-MBBS-course-at-Indira-Gandhi-Institute-of-Medical-Sciences/articleshow/21048339.cms . 16 May 2018 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science. www.igims.org. 2019-07-13.
  3. Web site: 2500 bedded IGIMS.
  4. Web site: आईजीआईएमएस में 500 बेड के अस्पताल का शिलान्यास, नीतीश ने कहा-2500 बेड बनाना लक्ष्य. kumar.ashutosh. 2019-06-11. Dainik Bhaskar. hi. 2019-07-13.