Dr Mansukh Mandaviya Inaugurates New Facilities at NEIGRIHMS

Meghalaya: The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, has inaugurated various new facilities at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong, Meghalaya. These include a new Regional Cancer Centre, a new Under-Graduate Medical College, a New Building of Nursing College, Hostels, 8 Modular Operation Theatres, a Virtual Autopsy, and a New Guest House. These developments aim to enhance healthcare services in the region. He also laid the foundation stone for a 150-bed Critical Care Block at the institute.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Dr Mandaviya said, ‘the new facilities at NEIGRIHMS will provide much-needed healthcare services to the people of the Northeast region. The Central Government is committed to improving the health infrastructure in the Northeast region and to providing quality healthcare services to the people of the region.’

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The Minister of Health also mentioned that the new facilities at NEIGRIHMS will be instrumental in attracting and retaining medical professionals in the Northeast region.

Appreciating the professional work culture and exceptional cleanliness at NEIGRIHMS, he emphasized the government’s unwavering commitment to further enhancing the institute’s infrastructure. This would ensure that NEIGRIHMS continues to serve as a prominent center for medical treatment, research, and training of healthcare and allied healthcare professionals in the Northeast region, providing valuable resources and opportunities for growth.

Further adding he stated, ‘The Union Govt looks at the Health sector through a holistic approach. We are not only creating new and advanced medical infrastructure. We are also increasing the number of doctors and nursing staff. In the last nine years, the numbers of medical colleges have doubled in the country. 1,70,000 Health and Wellness Centres have been created across the country. We are also building one Critical Care unit in every district in the country.’

‘The new facilities will vastly improve healthcare facilities in NEIGRIHMS and will lead to increase in seats for MBBS and B.Sc. Nursing courses in Meghalaya. He further said that with the improvement of medical facilities in the Northeast region, people will not have to go far to other regions of the country for medical treatment,’ said Prof. Nalin Mehta, Director, NEIGRIHMS.

About New Facilities

• Providing much-needed healthcare services to the people of the Northeast region, the Regional Cancer Centre is a 252-bedded state-of-the-art facility that will provide comprehensive cancer care services to patients from across the region.
• The Under-Graduate Medical College will help in providing undergraduate medical education using state-of-the-art technologies to a batch of 100 MBBS students per year.
• The Nursing College will train nurses to meet the growing demand for nursing professionals in the Northeast region.
• The Hostels have a total of 416 rooms and will provide accommodation to MBBS Students & Interns.
• The Modular OT is a state-of-the-art operating theatre in the hospital that will be used for complex surgeries.
• The New Guest House has a capacity of 28 rooms that will provide accommodation for guests and visitors to NEIGRIHMS.
• A key highlight of the new facilities is the virtual autopsy facility at the institute, which is one of the most advanced and sophisticated facility, available only at few centres in the country. Virtual autopsy is a non-invasive post-mortem examination that uses medical imaging technology to create a 3D model of the body, which can then be examined by forensic pathologists and other medical professionals.

A state-of-the-art Critical Care Block facility with a capacity of 150 beds is currently being built as part of the Pradhan Mantri – Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM). This facility will specifically cater to the treatment of highly contagious infectious diseases like COVID-19. The establishment of this facility ensures that regular hospital services remain unaffected even during outbreaks, guaranteeing seamless medical care for all patients.