Overview
The North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) is an autonomous medical institute located in Shillong, Meghalaya. It functions under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and has been declared a "Centre of Excellence" by the Parliament of India. The institute is named after Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.
NEIGRIHMS combines postgraduate and undergraduate medical training with a tertiary care hospital that provides medical services to patients from across North-East India. It was established on the lines of AIIMS New Delhi and PGIMER Chandigarh.
Key details
| Established | 1987 (as autonomous institute) |
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| Location | Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Type | Autonomous medical institute |
| Parent body | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India |
| Status | Centre of Excellence (declared by Parliament of India) |
| Permanent campus operational | 2007 |
| Formal inauguration | 5 March 2010, by Smt Sonia Gandhi |
| MBBS programme started | 2008 (intake of 50 students) |
| College of Nursing started | 2006 |
| Named after | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India |
What readers should know
- NEIGRIHMS was set up as an autonomous institute under the Government of India in 1987, with full-fledged tertiary care hospital facilities beginning at the permanent Mawdiangdiang campus in 2007.
- The institute was formally inaugurated and dedicated to the nation on 5 March 2010 by Smt Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the UPA government, although it had been functioning from the present campus for some years prior.
- It serves both as a teaching institution and as a working hospital providing inexpensive medical care, with a particular mandate to deliver tertiary care to the people of North-East India.
- Shillong, where the institute is located, is often referred to as the "Scotland of the East".
Academics and institution
The MBBS teaching programme at NEIGRIHMS commenced in 2008 with an annual intake of 50 students. Postgraduate courses began in 2009 in four subjects: Anaesthesiology, Microbiology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Pathology. Postgraduate training has since been extended to Anatomy, General Medicine, General Surgery, Radiodiagnosis and Orthopaedics. The institute also offers a DM course in Cardiology.
The College of Nursing, which began its courses in 2006, runs B.Sc Nursing and M.Sc Nursing programmes with an annual intake of 50 seats in B.Sc and 10 seats in M.Sc.
Clinical services at NEIGRIHMS include specialties such as General Surgery, Orthopaedics and Cardiology, in line with its role as a tertiary care referral hospital for the North-East region.
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