Rims becomes first hospital in J’khand & Bihar to start cardiology doctorate courses

Ranchi: State-run premier health institute Rajendra Institute of medical sciences (Rims) in Ranchi has become the first medical college in Bihar and Jharkhand which will offer doctorate of medicine degrees in cardiology, starting from this session.
A notification to this effect was issued by Medical Council of India (MCI) on Monday evening, accrediting the cardiology department of Rims to take admission for two doctorate seats starting this academic session.
Rims will now join the elite league of premier medical institutes like Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, (PGIMER) Chandigarh, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, and Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata which offers doctorate courses in this field.
The MCI notification comes after its team paid a visit to the hospital on April 23 and took stock of the preparations by Rims before providing the accreditation. “The MCI team was very happy with the faculty profile and the infrastructure which we have in place for starting the elite course. We are a team of four doctors and all have doctorate degrees, and these went in our favour,” said Dr Prashant Kumar, associate professor at cardiology department of Rims.
Rims director D K Singh said: “It is an achievement for Rims and we are also trying our best to start doctorate studies in paediatrics and neuro surgery from the next session. I am also hopeful of getting doctorate seats in critical care after we fill up the vacancy for faculties and doctors in the department.”
Admission to the cardiology course in Rims will be done through the common entrance test which is conducted through NEET every year in July and the classes will start from September this year.