Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

इंदिरा गाँधी आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान
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Type	Institute under State Legislature Act
Established	1983
Director	Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Biswas
Location	Patna , Bihar , India 25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E
Campus	Urban
Nickname	IGIMS
Affiliations	University Grants Commission (UGC), Medical Council of India (MCI) & Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
Website	http://www.igims.org/

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences an Institute under State Legislature Act, was established on 19 November 1983 as an autonomous organisation on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The estimated budget was 1.10 billion rupees which was later revised to 133 Crores. It is one of the main health care institutions in the state of Bihar. It is the only superspecialist institute of Bihar. The institute provides education in medicine and conducts health and medicinal research.It got affiliation of medical college from MCI in September 2011. It has 100 MBBS seat. First batch started from October 2011.It is 3rd medical college in patna and 10th in bihar. It is recognised to provide degree of MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch, DM, DNB and various paramedical degrees. On 12 July 2013, Medical Council of India (MCI) granted permission to IGIMS, Patna, to admit 100 students for its MBBS course in academic session 2013-14.

Clinical Departments

Following Clinical Departments are functional at IGIMS :

• Gastroenterology
• Nephrology
• Neuro Surgery
• Neurology
• Internal Medicine
• Paediatric
• Cardiology
• Reproductive Biology
• Endocrinology
• Anaesthetics
• Community Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Nuclear Medicine

See also

• Education in Patna
• Institute under State Legislature Act
• Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
• Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
• Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
• Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

External links

• Official Website of IGMIS