RIMS to celebrate 44th Foundation Day on Monday
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 11 2015 :
Established as Regional Medical College, Imphal in 1972 and presently renamed Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal will be celebrating its 44th foundation day on Monday.
The institute caters to the healthcare needs of the country particularly North Eastern Region in the field of imparting undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD/MS/MCh) medical education and providing healthcare facilities.
RIMS trains personnel in all important branches of medical specialities including dental and nursing.
A total of 172 BSc Nursing and 137 BDS students are also on the roll at present.
The institute is affiliated to Manipur University, Canchipur and is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and also fulfils the prescribed norms of the Medical Council of India (MCI) .
With an annual admission of 100 MBBS and 147 Postgraduate students, the institute had produced 3003 MBBS doctors and 1199 MD/MS postgraduate doctors (as on 31.3.2015) in different specialities including superspeciality (MCh) departments of Urology and Plastic Surgery who are successfully working in different capacities in the country and abroad.
The institute undertakes various research activities or projects in different specialities and presently 21 projects are continuing under various funding agencies like DBT, ICMR, NACO, GFTAM, UN office on Drugs and Crime etc.
The institute also organizes seminars, conferences, workshops and CMEs in various departments from time to time.
A total of 216 publications were made by faculty and staff of the institute during the year 2014-2015 in reputed national and international journals.
The outpatient department (OPD) and inpatient department of the institute have been rendering yeomen service to the patients of the region in its 1074 bedded hospital.
Moreover, the institute has medline access from WHO, Telemedicine Centre, Regional Medical Library and Advanced Hospital Management System.
A total of 65 awards and prizes are conferred to meritorious students
every year.