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B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) ((ネパール語:वी. पी. कोइराला स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठान)), is a medical institution in Nepal. It was established in 1993 in Dharan, a city located in Sunsari district in eastern Nepal, and subsequently upgraded as an autonomous Health Sciences University on Oct 28, 1998. The Institute is an example of Nepal-India co-operation. BPKIHS has postgraduate, undergraduate, and university certificate programs. It has four colleges: Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Public Health with a 700-bed Central Teaching Hospital. ==History== B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, established in 1998and upgraded to a university in 1998, is an autonomous health sciences university. Its goal is to meet the health needs of the eastern region of Nepal at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. BPKIHS is a self-governing body. BPKIHS is one of the largest projects implemented through Indo-Nepal co-operation. The university is named after the late B.P. Koirala, a former Prime Minister of Nepal. BPKIHS took over the management of the 150-bedded former Eastern Regional Hospital in 1993. With the new hospital complex, the university raised the strength of beds to 700 with added facilities like CCU, ICU, VVIP Critical Care area and Observational beds. MRI, CT-scan, emergency laboratory, C-arm and mobile x-ray facilities, sterilization section, and operation theaters with recovery room facilities are available in the Hospital. Postgraduate programs (MD/MS and M. Sc.) were started in 1999. All the MD/MS, M. Sc. and MPH degree are recognized by councils of Nepal and most MD/MS degrees (Anesthesiology, Dermatovenerology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Surgery, Radiology, Psychiatry, Ortorhinolaryngology, Medicine, Pharmacology) are recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI) as well. While selecting candidates for MD/MS postgraduate studies, the institute has given recognition to those Nepalese medical graduates who have served the primary health centers and/or district hospitals under the government health system. Ph.D. in Basic Science (Biochemistry and Physiology) and Tropical & Infectious Disease started in 2011. The School of Public Health was established in 2005 and runs a two-year MPH program. The M.Sc. nursing program in Community and Psychiatry Nursing started in 2008, M.Sc. in Maternal & Child Health started in 2011. The MBBS program of BPKIHS started in 1994, is recognized by Medical Council of Nepal, India and Sri-Lanka. It is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools published by the WHO. The institute started a BDS program in 1999, which is recognized by the Nepal Medical Council. It is the only government recognized BDS program of Nepal. The duration of the BDS and MBBS Program is 4½ years followed by a year of Compulsory Community Oriented Residential Rotating Internship, which is mandatory and to be completed successfully at BPKIHS and its Teaching District Hospitals. An MDS Program started in 2011 in Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontology & Oral Implantology, Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry and Prosthodontics. MDS program was started in Orthodontics in 2012 but was discontinued a year later. MDS program was started in oral medicine & radiology and public health dentistry in 2014. B.Sc. Nursing and University Certificate Nursing Programs were started in 1996 and 1999 respectively. All the nursing degrees are recognized by the Nepal Nursing Council. There are separate college complexes for both BDS and Nursing programs in the BPKIHS campus. B.Sc. Medical Imaging Technology (MIT) started in 2001 and B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) in 2005, certificate in OT and AS in 2000. The number of students programme-wise is MD/MS 155, M.Sc. (Basic Sciences) 19, MBBS 264, BDS 160, B.Sc. Nursing 54, B. Sc. MIT 18, Certificate Nursing 120, OT & AS 17, B.Sc MLT 30, MBBS Interns 57 and BDS Interns 35. The institute has launched the concept of a ‘Teaching District’. Presently Sunsari, Morang Dhankuta, Saptari, Jhapa and Ilam districts are included, but gradually all the districts of the entire eastern region of Nepal (16 districts) will be included in teaching districts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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