Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to start MD Pathology Course (4 Seats) at AHPGIC, Cuttack. An inspection for this was conducted by the NMC in February 2023.
In the year 2022, NMC granted permission to start MD Anaesthesiology and the first batch has already taken admission. Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre was declared as Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer in Feb 2020.
At present the other Post Graduate and Super Speciality courses offered at AHPGIC are M. Ch. in Surgical Oncology, M. Ch. in Gynaecological Oncology and MD in Radiation Oncology.
Besides these various paramedical courses like DMLT & DOTT are being conducted in this institute. This year Diploma in Radiotherapy Technician course is approved by the Government of Odisha.
The institute is planning to propose DM in Medical Oncology and M.Ch. in Head & Neck Oncology in 2023, the H&FW Department informed.