Indira Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences, Patna

About Indira Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences, Patna

IGIMS was established on 19th November 1983, as an autonomous organisation on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The objective was to provide super specialty medical facilities in Bihar. On 27th January 1983 Cabinet approved the completion of this massive project in 4 phases within a span of six (6) years. According to the decision of State Government, 130.20 Acres of land was transferred to IGIMS. It was proposed that the hospital will be completed by 1990 with a capacity to house 1000 beds. The estimated cost was 110 Crore rupees which was later revised to 133 crores .Because of financial stringency only 4669.30 Lakh could be made available by the State Government.

"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.

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences an autonomous Institution of the state of Bihar is being established by I.G.I.M.S. Act, 1984, the reamble of the I.G.I.M.S. Act'84 runs as follows :-

" To establish an Institution in the State of Bihar with view to develop clinical services in super specialities of the highest standard, a system of supportive supervision and continued education for the medical and health functionaries and to promote services, research and education in the field of Community Medicine and allied subjects.".

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikhpura, Patna was setup with anobjective to provide the best medicare facilities to the peoples in and around Bihar.The hospital aims to be the AIIMS of this region.So far, it has been successful in achieving part of its goal and IGIMS is acting hard to achieve its goals for the broader interest of masses.