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| Dr. (Mrs.) Pratibha Narang, Dean and Co-Principal Investigator | | Dr. S.M Sharma, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Pathology and Principal Investigator | | Dr. Nitin Gangane, Prof. of Pathology and Co-Principal Investigator |
| | Sevagram was the de-facto capital of India during the freedom struggle. In 1936, Gandhiji settled in this remote village "Seagaon" rechristened as `Sevagram'. The crucial meetings of the Congress Working Committee were held here and the "Quit India" resolution was passed in 1942 in Sevagram. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences is located in a rural setting within 5 minutes of walk from Gandhi Ashram. It is the first rural Medical Institute in India established in 1969, as Gandhi centenary project under the dynamic leadership of late Dr. Sushila Nayar, the then Union Health Minister. The college receives grants from Central government (50%) and Govt. of Maharashtra (25%). Kasturba Health Society contributes rest 25%. Shri. Dhirubhai Mehta is presently president of Kasturba Health Society which governs the medical college. Kasturba Hospital is attached to the Medical College and was established in 1945 as a 15 bedded maternal and child hospital. The first ANM training course in India was initiated here in 1946. It was affiliated to MGIMS in 1969 and now it is a 648 bedded fully equipped hospital with facilities for diagnosis and treatment of cancer including Radiotherapy. The Co-Principal Investigators are Dr. (Mrs.) P. Narang, Dean, Dr. A.P. Jain, Dr. N.M. Gangane, Professor of Pathology, Dr. V.B. Shivkumar, Reader in Pathology, Dr. Anshu, Lecturer in Pathology. Dr. N.M. Gangane, Professor of Pathology, is also the Principal Investigator of PBCR-Wardha District. Co Investigators of PBCR are Dr. (Mrs.) P. Narang, Dean, MGIMS, District Health Officer Wardha, Civil Surgeon, Wardha, Dr. S.S.Patel, Dean, JMMC, Sawangi, all heads of the Departments of Pathology, Clinical Departments and Radiotherapy at MGIMS, Sevagram, JNMC and SPDC, Sawangi Director, RST Regional Cancer Center, HOD, Pathology and Radiotherapy, GMC, Nagpur and private Pathologist and Clinical Oncologist at Nagpur, Wardha and Amraoti.
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