Tripura keen on RIMS-like healthcare facility: CM

Agartala: The Tripura government is keen to have an institution on the lines of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal to improve healthcare facilities in the state, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Sunday.  

The state government is pursuing the Centre to establish a facility like the NEIGRIHMS in Shillong or the RIMS in Imphal, he said addressing the foundation day programme of Tripura Medical College in Hapania in West Tripura district.

"In GBP Hospital and Agartala Govt Medical College, nine specialty departments have been opened for the benefit of the people. This has resulted in a sharp decline in referral cases," Saha said.

From pharmacy college to nursing colleges -- all are available in Tripura, he said, adding that specialty doctors are joining the state health service after the revision of the service rules.

Maintaining that the state has increased budget allocation for healthcare, Saha said 'Level 3' trauma centres have been set up in three district hospitals, and one more will come up at the Dharmanagar hospital.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the medical colleges in Tripura performed exceptionally well in the National Tuberculosis Eradication Program and have emerged as the top state in the fight against the disease in the northeast region, reveals the information revealed by the Zonal Task Force conference in Guwahati. During the conference in Guwahati, the performances of the government and private medical colleges were carefully evaluated across numerous indicators of the National Tuberculosis Eradication Programme, in which Tripura emerged as the frontrunner.