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.’
The Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, in association with the Department of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), organized “Ne Diabete – Diabetes Awareness Day” on November 20, 2018 (9:30. . .
Dr. Uma Devi P., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, presented two papers at the “World Congress on Nutraceuticals and Natural Medicine” which explored the advances in nutraceuticals and natural medicine research, development and design.
Preethesh Padman, MBA student from the Department of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, attended the 16th K P Hormis Commemorative Lecture on November 17, 2018, at Crowne Plaza, Kochi.
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi announces the results of the Final BDS Degree Part II Examination October 2018.
As designated in 2009 by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), September 25 is observed as World Pharmacist Day every year. This year’s World Pharmacist Day was celebrated with the theme “Pharmacists: Your Medicine Experts”. As part of the celebrations, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, conducted activities to honour the hospital and community pharmacists for their services to society.
Prof. Sreedevi P. A., Professor & Head, Department of Mental Health Nursing, Amrita College of Nursing, Health Sciences Campus, Kochi, and Sreejamol M. G., Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, Amrita College of Nursing, Kochi, have won second prize in the Scientific Poster Competition in the 8th International Nursing Conference held from October 12-13, 2018, at Akal College of Nursing, Himachal Pradesh.