Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences - [IGIMS]

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, or IGIMS, is an autonomous institute in Patna, Bihar, that provides super-speciality medical facilities and education in medicine It was established

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Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, or IGIMS, is an autonomous institute in Patna, Bihar, that provides super-speciality medical facilities and education in medicine It was established on November 19, 1983, as an organisation modelled after the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi It has recognised MBBS seats and the highest number of superspeciality seats among the colleges of Bihar It also offers BSc, BDS, MD, M.Ch, and Diploma courses in various disciplines It is one of the main health care institutions in the state of Bihar and the only superspecialist institute of Bihar It conducts many health and medicinal research projects in collaboration with national and international agencies It has a common bio-medical waste treatment facility to ensure safe management of hospital waste It aims to provide world-class education and research facilities to create opportunities for the youth of nursing profession and to excel their performance in the area of life sciences