Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi

About College

The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), established on 15 August 2002 by upgrading the then Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) originally setup in 1960, 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.

Rims administrative wing parking and Vivekanand park as seen from Academic complex

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, dental college and nursing college. At RIMS medical courses include MBBS, BDS, postgraduate – MD, MS,DM, MCh and Diploma. It also offers radiology and pathological investigation facilities.

A Regional Institute of ophthalmology Block is coming up.

The decision to upgrade the institute to university for conducting MBBS exams was taken in 2016.

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