Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences or PGIMS Rohtak is a government medical institution in the city of

Rohtak, Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. The institute offers various under graduate and post graduate courses in major specialties of medicine and surgery. It is spread across a campus. It is incorporated in

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences is a state university located at Rohtak, Haryana, India. It was established in 2008 by ''Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak Act, 2008'' of the Government of ...

. Pt. B.D.Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak is about from

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

and about from Delhi on Delhi-Hissar-Sirsa-Fazilka National

Highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

(NH-10). It is one of the major Institutions for Medical Education and Research and a tertiary care centre for provision of specialized health care services not only to the people of the State of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

, but also to those of nearby states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and western U.P.

History

The institute was started under the name of Medical College, Rohtak in 1960. For the first three years, the students were admitted to

Government Medical College, Patiala Government Medical College, Patiala, is the second-oldest medical college in the state of Punjab, in India. History Government Medical College, Patiala was proposed in October 1951 by the Patiala and East Punjab States Union government, under ...

which acted as a host Institution. In 1963, the students were shifted to

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

. In the subsequent years, multifaceted expansion measures have transformed the Institute into a fully developed center of Medical Education and research in all the major disciplines of Medicine. After the establishment of

in 2008, it was incorporated in the university.

Campus

The Institute Complex houses the following buildings: * Medical College * Library and Reading Hall * Sushruta Auditorium * Ranbir Singh OPD * Emergency Ward * Well Equipped Hospital of 2100 beds * Dhanwantari Apex Trauma Centre * Modular OT cum ICU Complex * Lala Shyamal Super-specialty Centre * Multi-slice whole body CT Scan building * De-addiction center * State Institute of Mental Health * Mother and Child Hospital * Dental College and Hospital * Pharmacy College * College of Nursing * College of Physiotherapy * Residential Area The institute has a campus spread over an area of of land. Nearly 11,38,980 patients were provided consultation and treatment in the

outpatient department An outpatient department or outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitte ...

s (OPD) during the year 2004–2005. Out of these, 68,000 patients were admitted as indoor patients. It witnessed a daily OPD throughput of nearly 14,000 patients in 2012 and is growing constantly. Nearly 1,50,000 surgeries were done in 2012. Its bed occupancy rate is more than 100%.

References

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History

Campus

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