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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hospital in Himachal Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH)<br />
| native_name = इंदिरा गांधी राजकीय आयुर्विज्ञान महाविद्यालय और अस्पताल<br />
| native_name_lang = hi-IN<br />
| image = Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla Logo.png<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = <br />
| former_name = Himachal Pradesh Medical College<br />
| motto = सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः<br />
| motto_lang = Sanskrit<br />
| mottoeng = May all be happy, May all be disease free,<br />
| type = Public Medical School<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1966}}<br />
| affiliation = [[Atal Medical and Research University]]<br />
| principal = Dr. Sita Thakur <br />
| city = [[Shimla]]<br />
| state = [[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| campus = Urban<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.igmcshimla.edu.in}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital''' ('''IGMCH'''), formerly '''Himachal Pradesh Medical College''', is a [[public university|public]] [[medical school|medical college]] and hospital located in Snowdown area of [[Lakkar Bazaar]], [[Shimla]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.<ref name="igmcshimla-about">{{Cite web |url=http://www.igmcshimla.org/about_IGMC.htm |title=Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Official Web Site. |access-date=27 November 2011 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170103/http://www.igmcshimla.org/about_IGMC.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:IGMC Shimla entrance.jpg|thumb|IGMC Shimla entrance]]<br />
The college was established in 1966 as the ''Himachal Pradesh Medical College (HPMC)'', and assumed the present name in 1984.<ref name="igmcshimla-about" /> On 29 June 2013, [[Himachal Pradesh]] Health minister [[Kaul Singh Thakur]] said that Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) would be upgraded on the analogy of [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)]] under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Sewa Yojana, (PMSSY). The minister stated that during his meeting with Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the proposal for granting the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|AIIMS]] status to IGMC was under consideration of the [[government of India]]. The minister also added that the endeavour of the state government was to develop IGMC as a prestigious institute so that it can provide qualitative and better health services to the people of the state.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Regional Cancer Centre ==<br />
[[File:IGMC SHIMLA.jpg|thumb|IGMC Shimla]]<br />
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The ''Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology'' of this institution is an approved [[Regional Cancer Centre]] of [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://kidwai.kar.nic.in/regional.htm |title=Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Official Website. 'Regional Cancer Centres in the Country'. |access-date=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107212439/http://www.kidwai.kar.nic.in/regional.htm |archive-date=7 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.whoindia.org/LinkFiles/Cancer_resource_pg281to282.pdf WHO India. Addresses of Regional Cancer Centres.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005109/http://www.whoindia.org/LinkFiles/Cancer_resource_pg281to282.pdf |date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> It was founded in 1977 as a ''Tumor Clinic'' of the hospital and was granted the status of RCC in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.igmcshimla.org/Departments/Radiotherapy/Introduction.html |title=Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Official Web Site. Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology. |access-date=28 November 2011 |archive-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914012803/http://www.igmcshimla.org/Departments/Radiotherapy/Introduction.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Notable alumni ==<br />
* Dr. [[Randeep Guleria]] - former Director of [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|AIIMS New Delhi]] and former [[President (education)|President]] of [[AIIMS Bilaspur]]<br />
* Dr. [[Jagat Ram]] - Former director, [[Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research|PGIMER Chandigarh]]<br />
* Arvind Rajwanshi - former Director of [[AIIMS Raebareli]]<br />
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[[Category:Education in Shimla]]<br />
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[[Category:Hospitals in Shimla]]<br />
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