PGIMER's new academic session from today

Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy, a renowned Gastroenterologist is all set to deliver the keynote address at "PGIMER's New Academic Session Inauguration" on January 8, 2024, Bhargava Auditorium, PGIMER, Chandigarh.

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, will inaugurate the new academic session today, January 8, 2024.

Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy, a renowned Gastroenterologist, will be the Chief Guest of the event. He will deliver a keynote address titled “What PGIMER taught me and what it didn’t teach me.”

He will narrate the story of his transformative journey, chronicling his progression from PGIMER classrooms and wards to his eminent role as a distinguished gastroenterologist, as reported by the Hindustan Times.

The new academic session commencement will witness resident doctors, who joined in July 2023 and January 2024, taking oath and pinning ceremony, involving approximately 388 MD, MS, DM, and MCh resident doctors.

PGIMR to expedite work on Sarangpur centre

The institute is expediting work on a medical college along with a 500-bed hospital and a 500-bed trauma centre at its centre in Sarangpur.

Prof Vivek Lal, PGIMER Director, said, “We have made a broad proposal that is currently lying pending with the standing finance committee. When developed, it will be an asset with a state-of-the-art trauma centre and a holistic cancer treatment centre," as reported by Tribune India.

The institute is proposing to establish a medical college with an intake of 100 students per year, along with a 500-bed hospital, a 500-bed trauma centre, a screening OPD for 16,000 patients, a super-speciality block and buildings of associated services. This will also have a residential area and a shopping complex.

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