Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
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 in September 2011. It has 120 recognised MBBS seats and the highest number of superspeciality seats among the colleges of Bihar.
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Other name | IGIMS |
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Motto in English | Praninam Artinashanam |
| Type | Government |
| Established | 1983 |
Academic affiliations | University Grants Commission (UGC), Medical Council of India (MCI) & Association of Indian Universities (AIU) |
| Superintendent | Manish Mandal |
| Principal | Ranjit Guha |
| Dean | VM Dayal |
| Director | Dr Bindey Kumar |
| Location | , , India 25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E |
| Campus | Urban |
Sporting affiliations | IGIMS Premier League, ISL |
| Website | igims |
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:
- Anaesthesia
- Endocrinology
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
- Community Medicine
- Dentistry
- Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)
- Gastroenterology
- GI Surgery
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurosurgery
- Neurology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Orthopedics
- Paediatric
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Reproductive Biology
- Regional Cancer Center
- Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO)
- Skin (Dermatology)
- Urology
- Trauma and Casualty
- General Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
References
- "Medical Council of India approves MBBS course at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- "Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science". www.igims.org. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- "2500 bedded IGIMS".
- kumar.ashutosh (11 June 2019). "आईजीआईएमएस में 500 बेड के अस्पताल का शिलान्यास, नीतीश ने कहा-2500 बेड बनाना लक्ष्य". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 July 2019.