On November 27th, 2018, a team of reconstructive surgeons from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, was honored by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) at the 9th Indian Organ Donation Day held at New Delhi, for their path-breaking achievement of conducting a ‘Hand Transplant’.
The Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, organized a CME (Continuing Medical Education) program on a very relevant topic called” Evolving Brain-Nature or Nurture?” on October 16th, 2018.
The annual arts festival of the Amrita School of Pharmacy, Dhwani 2018, was officially inaugurated by Principal Dr. Sabitha M. on 13th October 2018, and within ten days, 13 offstage events were conducted. On 25th October, the university art festival ‘Amrita Kalotsav’18’ was inaugurated by actor Unni Mukundan.
National Pharmacy Week was celebrated at Amrita School of Pharmacy from 19th to 26th November 2018. As instructed by Indian Pharmacy Association, the theme of this year was “Pharmacists for a Healthy India.”
An International Public Health Conference was held at AIMS November 2-3, 2018, which brought together dozens of experts from the government, NGOs, global health bodies and the corporate world to discuss the challenges facing public health in India.
An ‘International Conference on Antibiotic Stewardship and Infectious Diseases,’ was held at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, from October 27-28, 2018. Experts in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) from around the world. . .
A team of 12 surgeons of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital), Kochi campus, removed a huge tumour, weighing a whopping five kilos and measuring 20 x 15 x 10 cm, from 45-year-old Majeed in a surgery that lasted 12 hours.
In yet another demonstration of their excellence, students of B. Sc. Respiratory Therapy from Amrita Centre for Allied Health Sciences have bagged several prizes in the intercollegiate competitions conducted as a part of the 12th National Annual Conference of Indian Association of Respiratory Care (RESCARE ’18), held at Narayana Health City, Bangalore, from October 11-14, 2018.
Dr. Smita Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, was awarded the prestigious degree of Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (FEBNM), after successfully clearing the European Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Examination held in October 2018 in Dusseldorf, Germany under the evaluation of European Union of Medical Specialists / European Board of Nuclear Medicine(UEMS/EBNM).
The Amrita College of Nursing celebrated its sixteenth anniversary on November 1, 2018. Dr. Prem Nair, Medical Director, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), inaugurated the day-long programme by releasing the college magazine ‘Rithu Salabangal.’
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