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Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi
राजेन्द्र आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान
Former names
RMCH
TypePublic medical school
Established2002
SuperintendentDr. Vivek kashyap
Provost=
PrincipalDr.R K Srivastav
DeanDr.R K srivastav
DirectorDr.R K srivastav
Undergraduates150+50(BDS)
Postgraduatesaround 200
Location, ,
CampusUrban
NicknameRIMS
AffiliationsMedical Council of India, Ranchi University
Websiterimsranchi.org

The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), established on 15 August 2002 by upgrading the then RMCH, is a medical institute of in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, India. The college is an autonomous body established under an act of Jharkhand Assembly and is one of the premier medical colleges in the state and India.

The institute provides free medical service along with medicines. Developments in the field of surgery include minimal access cosmetically sound (MACS) surgery.

The RIMS has blocks in a multi-storied building with several medical departments. RIMS has about 33 departments which include emergency, Blood bank, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedic, Neurosurgery, OBST & Gynae, ENT, Eye, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Skin STD & Leprosy, PMR, Urology, cardiology,Radiology and others. RIMS has facilities like CT scan, emergency pathology for 24 hrs, AIDS Clinic, X-Ray, USG, TeleMedicine Department and a Deep X-Ray unit. Dental institute began functioning in 2017 with an annual intake of 50 students.

RIMS has its own blood bank, nursing school, and nursing college. At RIMS medical courses include MBBS, BDS postgraduate – MD, MS, MCH and Diploma. It also offers radiology and pathological investigation facilities.

A Regional Institute of ophthalmology Block is coming up.

History

Buildings

RIMS Ranchi has a very large and spacious campus. There is an OPD complex with entrances through central emergency and a separate entrance for OPD.

Main hospital building it a 5 storied building which houses all specialty departments and Neurosurgery department. The building has large corridors connecting different wards and OTs.

Super specialty building houses department of cardiology, cardio OPD, department of urology, department of pediatric surgery and has space for other departments developing in future.

Oncology block it has onco OPD, ward, OTs and central library on the top 2 floors.

Several small buildings like CSSD, mechanised laundry, Blood bank, kitchen and morgue, etc are situated within the campus.

Administrative block houses offices of many officials. Academic complex houses all the lecture theatres, practical halls and director's office.

Department of anatomy and FMT have separate buildings. Anatomy lecture theatre is situated next to the academic complex.

RIMS AUDITORIUM is stated near gate no 1. It is very large and can easily accommodate 500 people.

Nursing school has 2 separate buildings.

Regional institute of ophthalmology, new academic block, new administrative building and an MLCP is coming up.

Academics

The intake every year used to be 90 students for the undergraduate course. As per the new regulations of the Medical Council of India (MCI) it has increased its seats to fill 150 undergraduate students.The college provides postgraduate education in almost every department. The neurosurgery department offers a M.Ch. (Master chirurgiae or Master of Surgery) degree.[citation needed] About 15% of the total seat is filled through AIPMT, a part of it through the central government and rest through the state entrance exam. The faculty of Anatomy, surgery and internal medicine department have received training at AIIMS New Delhi. HOD of surgery has trained in Australia and among the top surgeons in India.

Courses offered

  • MBBS
  • M.D
  • Mch Neurosurgery
  • Bsc nursing
  • Msc nursing 2015
  • Paramedical
  • Physiotherapy

Facility

The college has a 1500-bed multispecialty hospital. There are centres like the oncology centre, a 50-seat dental institute, a cardio-thoracic surgery centre and a nephro-urology centre.The environment around the hospital is soothing and patients are treated using unconventional techniques .

The college has a 20-bed trauma centre, the first of its kind in eastern India.

Student life and extracurricular activities

The college organized an inter-college fest every year named "SYNERGY". The annual college magazine, Spriha, is maintained by the student magazine society.

The students a canteen, tennis court, indoor badminton hall. Every hostel is provided with carom and a table-tennis room. A multipurpose hall is available.

The maiden edition of intra-college cultural fest "Palash" was organised in the month of November 2017.Various societies like cultural society, movie society, literary society and prayas are functional.

Students seeking admissions into RIMS are required to submit an affidavit issued by the Court and validated by them and their parents to curb the menace of ragging.

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