Hospital construction for Medical School at IIT-KGP to start soon!
In the
process of establishing
the medical school at
IIT Kharagpur, the
Institute has signed an
agreement with HSCC
(India) Ltd. as project
management
consultant for the
design and construction
of a the 400-bed super
specialty hospital at the
Institute's Kharagpur
campus in phase 1. The
Government has already
sanctioned a grant of
INR 230 crores last year
for this purpose.
Construction work will
start soon and is
expected to be
completed within 26
months as informed by
HSCC. The hospital in
next phase would be
upgraded to 750 beds.
The hospital will be the
catalyst to accelerate
biomedical, clinical and
translational research.
Drug design and delivery
will be other key
research areas to which
the hospital will
contribute. It will bring
the two diverse
disciplines of
engineering and
medicine together in
education and research.
With an operational
hospital, the Institute
will start Medical
education programme
leading to MBBS, MD, MS
and DM degrees with
approval of MCI. The
Institute will have its
unique teaching college
in medicine, the first of
its type in the country.
Collaborations with
Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore,
USA and Imperial
College London, UK are
going to be established
for biomedical research
and medical education.
process of establishing
the medical school at
IIT Kharagpur, the
Institute has signed an
agreement with HSCC
(India) Ltd. as project
management
consultant for the
design and construction
of a the 400-bed super
specialty hospital at the
Institute's Kharagpur
campus in phase 1. The
Government has already
sanctioned a grant of
INR 230 crores last year
for this purpose.
Construction work will
start soon and is
expected to be
completed within 26
months as informed by
HSCC. The hospital in
next phase would be
upgraded to 750 beds.
The hospital will be the
catalyst to accelerate
biomedical, clinical and
translational research.
Drug design and delivery
will be other key
research areas to which
the hospital will
contribute. It will bring
the two diverse
disciplines of
engineering and
medicine together in
education and research.
With an operational
hospital, the Institute
will start Medical
education programme
leading to MBBS, MD, MS
and DM degrees with
approval of MCI. The
Institute will have its
unique teaching college
in medicine, the first of
its type in the country.
Collaborations with
Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore,
USA and Imperial
College London, UK are
going to be established
for biomedical research
and medical education.
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