{"id":5917,"date":"2025-11-22T20:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/?p=5917"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:18:33","slug":"rims-upgrades-key-units-to-full-fledged-departments-plans-new-super-specialty-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/22\/rims-upgrades-key-units-to-full-fledged-departments-plans-new-super-specialty-services\/","title":{"rendered":"RIMS Upgrades Key Units to Full-Fledged Departments, Plans New Super-Specialty Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS)<\/strong>, Imphal has upgraded its <strong>Neurosurgery Unit<\/strong> and <strong>Cardiothoracic &amp; Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Unit<\/strong> into full-fledged departments with independent budget allocations. <strong>Dr. Th. Gojendra Singh<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Head of Neurosurgery<\/strong>, while <strong>Dr. Th. Chito Singh<\/strong> will lead the <strong>CTVS Department<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>RIMS stated that the upgradation will strengthen patient care and significantly boost academic activities, paving the way for future MCh super-specialty courses in both disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>The institute has also created a <em>separate<\/em> <strong>Pediatric Surgery unit<\/strong> under <strong>Prof. I. Keshorjit<\/strong> for improved patient care and academic development.<\/p>\n<p>RIMS further announced plans to establish new departments of Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Haematology to expand specialized healthcare services in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal has upgraded its Neurosurgery Unit and Cardiothoracic &amp; Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Unit into full-fledged departments with independent budget allocations. Dr. Th. Gojendra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/22\/rims-upgrades-key-units-to-full-fledged-departments-plans-new-super-specialty-services\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,32],"tags":[1257,1258,1259,1260,1261,1262,1263,1264,1265,741,1266],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-inn","tag-ctvs-department","tag-endocrinology-department","tag-gastroenterology-department","tag-haematology-department","tag-healthcare-upgradation","tag-medical-infrastructure-manipur","tag-neurosurgery-department","tag-pediatric-surgery-unit","tag-rims-expansion","tag-rims-imphal","tag-super-specialty-courses","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8330,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions\/8330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}