Patna, Oct. 15 -- Taking serious note of requirement of a multispeciality hospital in Gaya, Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar on Thursday said he would take up with the state Health Minister a proposal to establish a satellite centre of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Gaya to improve access to super-speciality healthcare in the region.
The assurance came at a meeting chaired by the Speaker with the heads of four major medical institutions in the state AIIMS Patna, IGIMS Patna, Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), and Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH).
IGIMS Director Prof. (Dr) Binde Kumar said the proposed centre would benefit people from the Magadh and Shahabad divisions, as well as neighbouring...