HT Correspondent
Varanasi, May 28
BANARAS HINDU University (BHU) will introduce a new course of Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Technology (Radiotherapy) at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) in the next academic session.
Director of IMS-BHU, Prof. Gajendra Singh, informed that the minimum qualification for admission to this course was B Sc (Zoology, Physics, Biophysics and Life Sciences) and added that detailed information about the course could be accessed at the BHU website (www.bhu.ac.in).
“BHU is the first university in Uttar Pradesh to offer this novel course”, he claimed, adding, “The Radiotherapy and Radiation Medicine Department of IMS-BHU has required expertise and infrastructure to start this PG Diploma Course in Medical Technology (Radiotherapy).” He said this job-oriented course would help create trained staff and give them the opportunity to seek employment in both the government and the private sectors. He said, “Radiotherapy plays a major role in the management of cancer patients. Highly sophisticated and complex equipment are used for radiation therapy. This medical science requires use of several types of ionising radiation.”