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ITANAGAR: The first medical college & hospital in Arunachal Pradesh — Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHIMS) — is set to ink a record soon by increasing the number of its beds to 750, said the institute's Director Dr Moji Jini, adding that the move will ensure that no patient returns for failure to get a seat for admission in the hospital.
The TRIHMS was approved in 2012 at the initiative of then Union Joint Health Secretary Shakuntala D Gamlin. It aims at offering round-the-clock emergency service while a dialysis unit under the 'PM National Dialysis Programme' and have one of the best CT scan units in the country. The college opened with 50 seats in first batch in August 2018. The State government had urged the Medical Council of India (MCI) to increase the seats from 50 to 100. Dr Jini said that the ongoing Block-II on completion will undoubtedly increase the number of beds to 750, which was not in the plan, adding that the accommodation for faculty members is on the priority agenda.