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About Us
A brief history of the College of Medical Sciences (COMS)
The ISME Pvt.Ltd and the
“Ministry of Education “(MoE) of “His Majesty’s Government of Nepal” (HMG-Nepal)
signed an agreement on the 8th of August 1993 giving birth to the “International
Institute of Medical Science” (IMIS) at Bharatpur, Chitwan which has undergone a
lot of modifications and changes for the need based health care system of Nepal
in particular to Tarai areas. After necessary reorientation, the Medical
College was re-established as the “College of Medical Sciences” (CMS) under the
aegis of ISME Pvt. Ltd and started operating afresh from the 14th of December
1995 under the leadership of Professor of Pagadala Rajaram MD DSS PHD (Formerly
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of
India). who was the first Principal of the college. He was also the Chief
Executive Officer of ISME (P) Ltd. Subsequently the first batch of 100 students
were granted affiliation and recognition, renewable every year, by KU and NMC
respectively in mid 1996. From mid 1998 till the end of 1999 Professor R
Ramaswamy MS (Surgery) served as the Principal of CMS. He was the past Principal
of the Government Medical College, Tirupati and the Additional Director of
Medical Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India. The institution is now headed
by Professor AC Patowary FRCPE; DPH (Edin). Formerly Professor and Head of the
Department of Community Medicine, Director of Medical Education, Planning &
Research, Director of Health Services, Government of Assam, India.
With the modern concept of
globalization of medical education as well as hospital care of the patients, the
College of Medical Sciences has endeavored to educate the undergraduates with
the objective of producing medical personnel of high quality. This Institution
being premiere medical college in the heart of Nepal; besides having very
eminent and experienced faculty who are endowed with international fame indulge
with a curriculum which is student centered and has learning objectives of wide
ranges of subjects. The curriculum is both horizontally and vertically
integrated and passive lectures are meager. Problem based learning is
emphasized and encouraged among the students. Today, the medical college boasts
of a highly qualified and experienced faculty mostly from neighboring countries
and already five batches have passed out and there are now four batches of
students on the rolls from various regions of Nepal, India and SAARC countries.
A landmark, in the history
of CMS was the inauguration of the CMS Teaching Hospital on 21st January 1999 by
the dynamic present Managing Director Mr. Nagender Pampati. This has
revolutionized the healthcare scenario in this region with a combination of
clinical expertise and advanced diagnostic facilities. The first Medical
Superindent of the Teaching Hospital was Prof. G. Thippana, M.D.,(Medicine) and
now it has been taken over by Prof. B.N,Patowary, M.S., (Surgery) the Professor
and Head of the Department of Surgery. Links have already been established
with the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh and some of the American
Colleges for enhancing the training and service programmes in the college.
Further collaborative efforts with International Universities are underway for
the purpose of academic co-operation in the teaching of undergraduate and post
graduate medical students. The CMS as it stands today, is a successful maiden
attempt of the ISME Pvt. Ltd., affiliated to Kathmandu University and fully
recognized by the Nepal Medical Council, premiere medical institution with high
standards in the fields of academics, healthcare and research. The institution
has full potential to develop into a center of excellence for medical and
superspeciality care both nationally and internationally.
Mission
and Vision:
The International Society
for Medical Education Pvt. Ltd has envisaged making the college, a Centre of
Excellence with super specialty services for training medical, paramedical
health functionaries and Nurses so that they can serve the population of Nepal
with confidence and competence to alleviate their sufferings. It has several
other ambitious plans for future, keeping in view of the health care needs of
the country for the 21st century and to provide extension services to the rural
areas.
The ISME is committed to the
services of the humanity and determined to fulfill its objectives by being a
partner of the health structures of the country.
The vision and the wisdom of
the Members of the ISME Pvt. Ltd. is to bring the advanced technology from the
far West for the benefit of the medical education in Nepal. Acceptance and
liberalization policy on the part of the HMG/Nepal with sole objective of giving
the best to the poor and needy people of Nepal is an example of international
cooperation which will bear the fruits soon and will contribute towards
socio-economic development of this country and in particular that of the Chitwan
district.
With the faculty and staff
of this Institution no matter whether the Nepali, Indian or from any other parts
of the world have decided to give their might with dedication and devotion to
this Institution and see through that it flourishes and be able to serve the
community in a rational and scientific manner.
General Objectives:
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to produce quality
clinicians and able managers for primary level health care and facilitate to
bring in optimum health care services required for the local community right
at their door steps.
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to produce clinicians of
specialties to provide appropriate and correct health care delivery system.
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to assist the Government
to promote and standardize Medical Education and produce appropriate manpower
for fulfillment on its obligation to the community.
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to make the future doctors
understand the psycho-social needs of the community and to conduct research,
thus make them capable of pursuing postgraduate courses and developing cost
effective health care services.
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to prepare the students to understand and promote other systems of medicine to
develop and appreciate philosophical and ethical values of these medicine.
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to prepare the
Institution to take active part in building the health care delivery system
of Nepal in general and the Chitwan district in particular.
Specific Objectives:
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to prepare the medical
students capable of becoming competent primary physicians
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to prepare the medical
students capable of becoming leaders and better managers in the community
health services.
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to create awareness among
the students to plan and execute preventive, promotive and curative health
care measures in the community.
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to prepare the medical
students capable of identifying the appropriate patients to refer to higher
center at the right time.
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to train the medical
students capable of handling emergencies at their work stations by proper
handling of the situations to save the lives in time.
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to prepare the medical
students capable of imparting health education
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to motivate the students
to conduct community based research in the areas of preventable diseases and
recommend measures for their control and eradication
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to motivate the students
to specialize in the subjects where there is acute shortage of medical
teachers
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to sensitize the students
to understand and appreciate the psycho-social aspects of patients and deal
accordingly.
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