“RIMS welcome any medical science progress”

IMPHAL, October 18: “RIMS is always ready to extend financial and other assistances to various workshops for the advancement of knowledge in medical science.”

Director Prof S Sekharjit

This was said by Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Director Prof S Sekharjit said today during the inaugural function of a one day workshop cum training of the representatives of national and state referral laboratories at the RIMS Jubilee hall, which was organised by the Microbiology department of RIMS in collaboration with MACS.

Speaking at the function, he stressed upon the imperative need of the participation of doctors and technicians in the national referral laboratories for ensuring zero errors while handling the suspected cases of HIV patients.

The workshop cum training was attended by representatives from Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland.

During the function, Microbiology department HOD Prof Ng Brajachand said that the objective of the workshop is to improve the quality of the HIV testing in RIMS, which is one of the 12 national referral laboratories.

He added that there should be no mistake in the testing since it involves human and financial factors.

He also said that the quality of the testing kits should be maintained and global efforts are on for the standardization of the laboratories and the competence of the technicians is a must.

MACS Deputy Director, LR Kom underlined the importance laboratory results since doctors depend on these while treating the patients.

RIMS Deputy Director E Debendro Meitei said that the dynamic Microbiology department has been organising many workshops in the hospital.