Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research unveils
Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research unveils 3D dissection table and skill lab
Two new state-of-the-art pieces of equipment—a skill lab and a 3D dissection table were launched at Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (NIMSR), Kohima
Inauguration
of 3D dissection table at NIMSR Kohima on Thursday. (EM Images)
KOHIMA — In a significant enhancement to the
teaching, learning and research facility at Nagaland Institute of Medical
Sciences and Research (NIMSR), Kohima, two new state-of-the-art pieces of
equipment—a skill lab and a 3D dissection table in the Integrated Research and
Teaching Learning Lab—were launched on Thursday, along with other facilities.
Additional Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, S Tainiu,
and Joint Secretary, Renabomo Odyuo, inaugurated the two new technologies at
the college.
Meanwhile, two Mahindra Bolero vehicles for NIMSR under the
CSR initiative of UCO Bank were also inaugurated. Narendra Pratap Singh, the
Zonal Head of Jorhat Zone, UCO Bank, and Goutam Das, Chief Manager of UCO Bank,
Kohima Branch, assured the “best” service to the people of the state.
The NIMSR plans to utilise the vehicles in its family
adoption programme where doctors, students, and staff visit remote areas. It
will also be used as a pool car wherever required and during emergency
services, the institute said.
The newly launched 3D dissection table is an anatomy
learning platform with an integrated one for disciplines like surgery, ENT,
ophthalmology, orthopaedics, obstetrics & gynaecology and many others,
which health professional students can use.
Dean-cum-Director of NIMSR, Dr. Soumya Chakraborty, said that
the 3D table is one of its kind in the Northeast.
She noted the scarcity of cadavers or dead bodies in
Nagaland, which can be used for practical purposes. She added that they cannot
take dead bodies from the mortuaries or others after autopsies because the
organs are disturbed or the freshness of the body is not achieved.
Therefore, they have to trust the altruistic donations of
the bodies, which are very scarce and practically absent in Nagaland.
She added that in her 29 months of service at NIMSR, she did
not come across anybody willing to donate a body, which she believes will
happen in the future. For the time being, the college has to get bodies from
other states of India, which is also a very difficult task.
In the three-dimensional dissection table, students in small
batches will be allowed to handle and see the various organ positions in the
human body. She added that through the new technology, it would achieve
holistic knowledge.
The facility will be used not only for teaching-learning
purposes but also for research and integrated learning, she added.
Speaking about the newly launched skill lab, she said the
skilled mannequins installed at the labs are like a human body. Overall, it is
a holistic lab, an integrated one to be used by all the disciplines from first
year to the final year, she said.
The director added that they also have a full-fledged
communication lab where students can learn by themselves how to handle
patients.
