Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH), formerly the Himachal Pradesh Medical College (HPMC), formerly known as Snowdown, located in Snowdown area of

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, is a state-owned medical college and hospital in

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in the state of

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.Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Official Web Site.
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History

The college was established in 1966 as the ''Himachal Pradesh Medical College (HPMC)'', and assumed the present name in 1984.On 29 June 2013,

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 (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

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status to IGMC was under consideration of the

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. 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.

Notable alumni

* Dr.

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- Director,

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* Dr.

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- Former director, PGIMER, Chandigarh * Arvind Rajwanshi - Director, AIIMS Raebareli

Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology

The ''Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology'' of this institution is an approved

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. It was founded in 1977 as a ''Tumor Clinic'' of the hospital and was granted the status of RCC in 2001.Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Official Web Site. Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology.
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References

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