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In 2025 alone, PGIMER conducted 248 kidney transplants. (File Photo)

With just 50 beds, PGIMER crosses 5,400 kidney transplants, sets national benchmark

January 04, 2026 9:56 pm

PGI’s renal transplant model cuts waiting time to three months, ranks second in India.

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)

PGIMER achieves a first: 4 robotic prostate cancer surgeries in a day

January 04, 2026 9:21 pm

The marathon session, conducted on January 1 from 8 am to 5 pm, was led by Prof Santosh Kumar, head of the urology team.

Robotic radical prostatectomy is a minimally invasive procedure considered the gold standard for treating localised prostate cancer.

Chandigarh’s PGIMER achieves a global first: 4 robotic prostate cancer surgeries in a day

January 04, 2026 2:57 pm

Led by Prof Santosh Kumar, the urology team at Chandigarh’s PGIMER completes a marathon session of four robotic radical prostatectomies with one da Vinci system.

PGIMER, Oral Health Sciences Centre, OHSC, Braille, maxillofacial prosthetics, custom ocular prostheses,

PGI innovation using Braille in an artificial eye wins National award

December 21, 2025 1:03 am

Braille-embedded ocular prosthesis helps a visually impaired child gain independence

Joint Action Committee, JAC, PGI Contract Workers Union, indefinite hunger strike, PGIMER management,

Indefinite hunger strike by PGI contract workers enters fourth day

December 21, 2025 12:14 am

Union leaders claim that no medical team was sent to examine them for the last three days.

PGIMER, Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, Rs 1.14-crore scam, Private Grant Cell, PGC,

Rs 1.14 crore fraud: How photocopy shop inside PGIMER campus played key role in siphoning off poor patients' grant money

December 20, 2025 12:26 am

The CBI has now registered an FIR based on a complaint from the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), PGIMER.

PGIMER Chandigarh has received the final environmental and administrative nods for a new 150-bed Critical Care Block and a much-delayed six-story parking facility. (File)

PGI doc becomes first in India to win coveted medal

November 28, 2025 10:32 am

To be awarded International Uveitis Study Group’s Gold Medal, one of the highest international honours in field of ocular inflammation

PGI’s Dr Suresh Kumar to be honoured with prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

November 03, 2025 10:17 pm

Dr Suresh Kumar's pioneering research has substantially advanced understanding of the gut microbiome’s role in critical illness and infection prevention in children.

PGI inducts 287 ex-servicemen to strengthen security network

November 01, 2025 8:44 pm

Move aims to create safer, patient-friendly environment ahead of new facility expansions.

Shorter antibiotic courses effective for newborn infections: Lancet study with lead author from PGI

October 23, 2025 7:22 pm

It is possible to use shorter antibiotic courses for proven blood infections in newborn babies or use courses guided by normalisation of blood tests, without any added risks.

PGIMER VIDEOS

PM Modi visits ailing Punjab Chief Minister at Chandigarh hospital

January 24, 2016 5:18 pm

Chandigarh, Jan 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met ailing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. Badal has been hospitalised since Friday due to chest congestion and common cold. PM Modi was in Chandigarh to receive French President Francois Hollande, who is on a three day visit to India.