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The 41st Foundation Day Celebration of The Regional
Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal was held
today at Jubilee Hall of the Institute. The occasion was
graced by Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health
Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India as the Chief Guest. Along with him
to grace the occasion were Prof. Ng. Bijoy Singh, MLA
and former Vice Chancellor of MU as the President and
Prof. A. Dwijamani Singh, Former Medical Superintendent
and Retd. Professor of Medicine, RIMS as the Guest of
Honour respectively.
Prof. S. Sekharjit Singh, Director of the Institute gave
the Annual Report on the occasion. He informed that the
Dental College officially started this academic session
and the admission process of the first batch of BDS
course is now almost complete. He also gladly informed
that many technological facilities have also be procured
and installed in the Institution for better care of
patients. He also announced that a multi storey modern
OPD building, five hostels and other expansions will be
starting with the approval of the Ministry and executed
by HSCC, Noida.
A Ladies Hostel having 22 rooms was also inaugurated
today by Chief Guest Dr. Jagdish Prasad in which 44
girls students will be accommodated. Speaking on the
occasion, Dr. Jagdish Prasad expressed his appreciation
of the Institution in its working and contribution to
the society amidst various constrains and to be able to
produce capable Doctors who have contributed so much to
the State and the rest of the country. He further
explained that Government of India sees a great
potential in RIMS and that the Ministry will contribute
as much as it can to bring the Institute in par with
other medical institution in the rest of the country.
Source: Huiyen Lanpao
Imphal, Sep 14:
Even though the government has been taking up various
measures to keep all its citizens healthy, the number of
people admitted to hospitals for medical treatment in
Manipur has been on the rise, an annual report of
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has
indicated.
The report released by Dr Jagdish Prasad, Director
General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Govt. of India on the occasion of 41st
Foundation Day celebration of RIMS at its Jubilee hall
here on Friday, said that RIMS has recorded highest
number of Out Patient Department (OPD) patients in the
year 2011-2012. The number of patients who visit the OPD
in the last five years is- 2007-08 (2,44,699); 2008-09
(2,66,096); 2009-10 (2,75,512); and 2011-12 (2,89,442).
The number of patients treated in Casualty Department of
the hospital too has been increasing. A total of
1,06,735 casualties were treated in the year 2011-2012.
In the year 2011-12, a total of number of 35,547
patients was admitted in various wards and RIMS had done
5,816 and 3,574 major and minor operations respectively,
the report said.
However, the good news is that the death rate in the
hospital is dropping by 1% in the last two years. The
date rate of patients in the hospital for the last five
is- 5% (2007-08); 4%(2009-09); 5%(2009-10); 4%(2010-11)
and 4% (2011-12). Presenting the report , Prof S
Sekharjit, Director, RIMS said "RIMS is moving in the
right direction and its moving fast."
Further, he added that reformation of administrative
system for easier work flow, installation of CC TV and
Advance Hospital Information System to improve the
security, appointment of super-specialist doctors to
provide maximum health care, construction of hostels for
professional medical students, opening of free Anti
Retroviral Therapy (ART) treatment center, National
Reference Laboratory (NRL for AIDS) at the department of
Microbiology and other various facilities and
departments have been started for betterment of the
hospital and the patients coming to seek medical
treatment.
Speaking as the Chief Guest of the function, Dr Jagdish
Prasad said that RIMS is one of the best hospitals in
the entire North East region and students from the
institutions are working in various premier medical
institutions around the country. It has the potential to
develop as a premier medical institute in the country
and if the staffs of the institutions are prepared to
co-operate, the Ministry is always ready to take the
institution at a higher level.
Urging the Director General of the Health Service to
upgrade RIMS into a deemed university, former RIMS
Director and MLA of Khurai A/C Prof. Ng Bijoy Singh, who
presided over the function, appealed all the teachers in
the institute to be sincere in their duty.
Guest of Honour of the function, Prof. A Dwijamani
Singh, who is a former Medical Superintendent of RIMS,
said that earlier people used to regard doctors as next
to God but the time has changed now. In order to regain
the lost image of professional medical practitioners
from the people, we should learn to sacrifice some of
our personal interest.
>>Read Director's Report
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