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Himachal
Pradesh Medical College at Shimla (HPMC) was established
in the year 1966 with admissions of 50 students
in the first batch. Indira
Gandhi Medical College is affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University,
Shimla. With the establishment of Medical
College in the State, the hopes and aspirations of
the people of the state were met with the standards of health
services going on and students benefiting with the advantage
of staying home and getting better educational avenues. Medical
College then had a modest beginning with makeshift arrangements
for hostels etc., but ecstasy of joining the Medical
College located in Shimla with its salubrious climate,
took away the agony.
 Himachal
Pradesh Medical College was renamed Indira Gandhi Medical
College ( now popularly known as IGMC in
abbreviated form) in 1984. Admission facility
was increased to 65 in the year 1978. 2,337number
of under- graduates have passed out from this Medical College
till 2005.
The post
Graduate courses were started in 16 disciplines
in the year 1981. So far 462 post
graduates and 231in diploma courses have
passed out from IGMC till March 2006. More PG
courses have been added from the session 2002-2005
in the specialties of Radiotherapy (Oncology)
and Skin and VD. Total number of PG Degree seats are 39 and
18 are in diploma courses.
Efforts
are on to introduce PG courses in the disciplines
of Psychiatry and Pulmonary Medicine.
50% seats are available at IGMC through
all India Quota from 2005 onwards.15% seats
in M.B.B.S. course are available to all India Quota
and 2 seats are available to NRI candidates.
Indira
Gandhi Medical College Shimla has also been granted the status
of Regional Cancer Centre by the Govt. of India,
thus providing much needed comprehensive
cancer care to the cancer patient. Essential
periodical upgradation of facilities for investigations and
treatment have been going on regularly and in the year 2005
facility of Open Heart Surgery has been made operationla and
in 2006 MRI facility has been added.
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