Bhubaneswar, May 16: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved the state government’s proposal to start Doctorate of Medicine (DM) course in medical oncology in Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC), Cuttack.
The new course will start from the academic session 2024-25 at the state’s premier cancer institute. The three-year course imparts training to candidates in the field of medical oncology and related subjects with adequate exposure to clinical and laboratory-based activities.
Two seats for the super-speciality course have been approved at the AHPGIC and the number of seats in super specialisation courses in oncology has gone up to six with this, said an official.
Besides, the NMC has also approved the proposal to start postgraduate courses in the departments of anaesthesiology (three seats) and ophthalmology (three seats) in the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar from the 2024-25 academic year.
