Date of Estb.: 1972

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences¸ Imphal

PHONE No.: 0385 2411484¸ 2414629, ,

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WEB SITE: www.rims.edu.in

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DESCRIPTION :

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences¸ Imphal is situated at Lamphelpat¸ Imphal¸ Manipur. Manipur is one of the States in the northeastern part of the India. Manipur literally meaning ?A jeweled land? nestle deep within a lush green corner of North East India. The beauty of which once inspired Mrs. St. Clair Grimwood described it as A Pretty Place more beautiful than many show places of the world?. Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru¸ the then Prime Minister of India¸ paid a fitting tribute by describing it as ?Jewel of India?. Regional Institute of Medical Sciences has total area of 300 acres of land and located at about 8 km away from Imphal Airport and 1.5 km away from Imphal city.

The Institute came into existence after tireless efforts of a few visionaries and was tenderly nurtured by great protagonists of the time. A 300 bedded General Hospital was inaugurated by Shri Y.B. Chavan¸ the then Union Home Minister on October 22¸ 1968. It is still being used as the main hospital block. On May 22¸ 1972 the foundation stone of the first ever medical college¸ on the soil of Manipur¸ having the name of Manipur Medical College was laid by Shri B.K. Nehru¸ the then Governor of Manipur.