Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences

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Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences

Other name	RIMS
Former name	Ranchi Medical College and Hospital (1960–63) Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (1963–2002)
Motto	सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः (Sanskrit) sarve santu nirāmayāḥ (ISO)
Motto in English	May no one suffer from illness
Type	Government medical school
Established	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Parent institution	Ranchi University
Dean	Satish Chandra
Director	Dr. Raj Kumar
Students	365
Location	Ranchi , Jharkhand , India 23°23′29″N 85°20′54″E / 23.391506°N 85.348454°E / 23.391506; 85.348454
Campus	Urban, 216 acres (87 ha)
Affiliations	National Medical Commission
Website	rimsranchi.ac.in

The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), formerly Rajendra Medical College and Hospital, is a medical school located in Ranchi, capital of the state of Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960. The college is an autonomous body established under an act of Jharkhand Assembly.

The institute provides free medical service along with medicines. Developments in the field of surgery include minimal access cosmetically sound (MACS) surgery.

The RIMS has blocks in a multi-storied building with several medical departments. RIMS has about 33 departments which include emergency, Blood bank, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedic, Neurosurgery, OBST & Gynae, ENT, Eye, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Skin STD & Leprosy, PMR,^{[clarification needed]} Urology, Cardiology, Rradiology and others. RIMS has facilities like CT scan, emergency pathology for 24 hrs, AIDS Clinic, X-Ray, USG, TeleMedicine Department and a Deep X-Ray unit. Dental institute began functioning in 2017 with an annual intake of 50 students.

RIMS has its own blood bank, School of Nursing, dental college and College of Nursing. At RIMS medical courses include MBBS, BDS, postgraduate – MD, MS, DM, MCh and Diploma, Nursing courses include BSc.Nursing and Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM). It also offers radiology and pathological investigation facilities.

A Regional Institute of ophthalmology Block is coming up.

The decision to upgrade the institute to university for conducting MBBS exams was taken in 2016.