Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) Patna

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) is a public Medical college located in Patna, Bihar, India. "Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences" offers 5 years MBBS course approved by MCI, UGC. Affiliated by AIIMS, New Delhi, recognized by UGC, Govt. Of India.

"It is worthwhile to mention that even on a coursory  perusal  of statistics of the treatments provided in the All India Institute of  Medical Sciences and Post-Graduate Institute of Chandigarh, it appears that a large number  of patients from Bihar are admitted into the A.I.I.M.S., New  Delhi and  P.G.I., Chandigarh and Vellore for the treatment of  heart  diseases, neurosurgery, Cancer  therapy,  renal  dialysis,  renal   transplantation surgery,  portal  hypertension,  obstructive  jaundice  and  other  serious diseases imposing an unbearable financial burden on the patients and  their relations”.

In this background, the State Government after consultation with the leading specialists of the country took the decision to set up an Institute at par with the level and standards of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. It was contemplated that the Institute will serve not only the residents of Bihar State, but the large stretches of the northeast region comprising Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan etc. in the matter of preventive and curative treatment on most modern line with economic cost. The Institute has been named after the late Prime Minister Srimati Indira Gandhi with a view to translate those aims into reality.

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