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Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (or PGIMER) is a medical and research institution located in Chandigarh, India. It has educational, medical research and training facilities for its students. The founders of the institute are Tulsi Das, Santokh Singh Anand, P N Chuttani, B N Aikat, Sant Ram Dhall and Bala Krishna. PGIMER was conceived and planned in 1960 to provide physical and intellectual milieu for young scientists working in multiple disciplines of medicine, to advance the frontiers of knowledge to render humane service to sick and suffering and to train medical and paramedical manpower, in Chandigarh. The Institute was established in 1962 under the erstwhile state of Punjab. It was declared as an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (Sr. No. 51 of 1966) w.e.f. 1 April 1967.〔(website http ). Pgimer.nic.in. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.〕 ==Teaching and training== PGIMER runs a full-time residency program in specialties of medical science including Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Microbiology. There is an institute of nursing called National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE) which imparts nursing education. PGIMER is involved in research for the rural and community related environment and health problems. The focus of research has been on tackling diseases like diarrhoea, tuberculosis, malaria, amoebiasis Systemic vasculitis, Relapsing polychondritis, HIV, leprosy, hepatitis, anaemia, leukaemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, thalassemia, dental caries, stone disease, cancer, and sexually transmitted diseases. Techniques are available to conduct studies like flow cytometry, chromatography (HPLC, FPLC), molecular biology, positron emission tomography (PET) and genetic studies. A BSL-III laboratory for mycobacteria is under construction. Every year nearly 400 research articles are published for the institute in national and international journals. A number of departments have been designated as research centres by WHO and national agencies. WHO designated centres include: * (Community Medicine)/(School of Public Health, PGIMER) is one of the departments imparting training to public health professionals including MD in Community Medicine and MPH, affiliated by WHO. The department is involved in research on public health issues. * Clinical research in human reproduction (obstetrics and gynaecology) * Mental Health Centre (Psychiatry) * Quality Control in Clinical Chemistry (biochemistry) * Coagulation (haematology) * Clinical parasitology * Blood transfusion and haematology The institute has been recognized by the National AIDS Control Organisation as a centre of excellence in HIV care (COE) and has a voluntary testing and counseling centre (VCTC) on the fourth floor of research A block. The institute provides free treatment of HIV patients at the NACO supported ART Center and COE. 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「Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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