JNIMS facilities
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 21 2016:
JNIMS has introduced many
state of the art facilities with an
aim to promote medical tourism
in the State, said JNIMS Direc-
tor Prof L Deben.
Apart from using different
modern equipment, the medi-
cal institute has been giving
treatment to many needy pa-
tients free of cost, he said
while speaking to reporters at
the medical institute today.
He said that TB which was
once regarded as dreaded can
be detected through newly
installed Cartridge Based
Nucleic Acid Amplification
Test (CB NAAT) within two
hours at JNIMS.
Prof Deben further said that the institute now has high-end testing
equipments to detect different ailments of liver, thyroid and kid-
ney etc.
He also said that JNIMS has started using modern blood
testing equipment as well.
Stating that most of the instruments and labs available at
private hospitals and diagnostic centres had been installed at
JNIMS as well, Prof Deben said that such equipments have
started giving benefits to poor people as testing/diagnostic
charge is 50 per cent to 75 per cent lower at JNIMS.
The Director said that JNIMS is not a profit oriented
institute but a Government hospital which is dedicated to the
service of the masses.
Informing that JNIMS' incineration plant can dispose off
100 kg of medical waste per hour, Prof Deben said that the
plant has already acquired necessary certificate from the
Pollution Control Board.
He further said that the Tesla 3 MRI machine installed at
JNIMS can give 60 clear brain slides at one time.
The Director further said that apart from having knee
replacement facility, the Orthopaedic Department now has a
Spine Clinic.
On the otherhand, the hospital would introduce surgery
facilities of Neurology and Urology cases within two months.
He further said that JNIMS now has six beds for multi-
drug resistant patients.
Saying that the hospital has given treatment to 12 needy
patients free of cost so far, Prof Deben said that the hospital
would help these patients to receive an aid of Rs 1 lakh to
Rs 1.5 lakh each under Manipur State Illness Assistance
Fund.
Contending that JNIMS has been trying to enhance pa-
tient-doctor relation, Prof Deben urged all concerned to make
the medical institute a disturbance free zone.