Honourable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind was the chief Guest at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor's 64th Birthday Celebrations on 8th October, 2017.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, conducted India's and Asia's first upper arm double hand-transplant on Shreya Siddanagowda, a 19-year-old girl. Shreya, a chemical engineering student at Manipal Institute of Technology, lost both her hands in a road mishap last year.
The Amrita Fertility Center, the Amrita Speciality Clinic at Thevara, Kochi, under Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, was inaugurated by K. J. Maxi, MLA, on 26th September, 2017.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, launched Swasti, a health and well-being initiative, with the aim of improving awareness and promoting positive health and well-being, on 25th September, 2017.
Amrita Health Sciences Campus celebrated its Intra University Arts Fest, "Prathibhamritam 2017", on 9th and 10th September, 2017. The students from Bengaluru Campus, Mysuru Campus, Amritapuri Campusand Coimbatore Campus participated in the event.
Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi announces the results of First Professional MBBS Degree Examinations Examination August 2017.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, successfully conducted an open-heart surgery for a group of ten young children from Uganda, including one boy and nine girls, suffering from congenital heart disease.
Prof.(Dr.) Bhaskaran Pillai, Professor and Head, Medical Physics & Radiation Safety, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, has been elected as Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
Amrita Samyogam 2017, an International Conference on Integrative Ayurveda and Modern Medicine was held at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, on August 6-7. 2017. The conference was attended by more than 1000 delegates representing Ayurveda, Modern Medicine and Modern Science.
The Radiation Oncology Department at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences(AIMS), Kochi recently conducted Amrita Annual High Precision Radiation Therapy Workshop and CME on from June 30- July 2, 2017.
The Department of Pathology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, organised a two day international seminar on ‘Amrita Annual Pathology Update 2017’ (AAPUD), July 15-16, 2017.
A 10-member team of surgeons at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences(AIMS) removed an Encephalocele from a 13 year old tribal boy Manikandan. The surgery lasted for 11 hours. The entire cost of the procedure was borne by Kerala Government agencies, as Manikandan’s parents, Selvan and Ramata, are from a poor socio-economic background.
