National Pharmacy Week was celebrated at Amrita School of Pharmacy from 19th to 26th November 2018. As instructed by Indian Pharmacy Association, the theme of this year was “Pharmacists for a Healthy India.”
On 19th December 2018, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy for collaboration in aerospace, anti-submarine warfare, cybersecurity, management, and medical research.
An International Public Health Conference was held at AIMS November 2-3, 2018, which brought together dozens of experts from the government, NGOs, global health bodies and the corporate world to discuss the challenges facing public health in India.
An ‘International Conference on Antibiotic Stewardship and Infectious Diseases,’ was held at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, from October 27-28, 2018. Experts in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) from around the world. . .
A team of 12 surgeons of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital), Kochi campus, removed a huge tumour, weighing a whopping five kilos and measuring 20 x 15 x 10 cm, from 45-year-old Majeed in a surgery that lasted 12 hours.
In yet another demonstration of their excellence, students of B. Sc. Respiratory Therapy from Amrita Centre for Allied Health Sciences have bagged several prizes in the intercollegiate competitions conducted as a part of the 12th National Annual Conference of Indian Association of Respiratory Care (RESCARE ’18), held at Narayana Health City, Bangalore, from October 11-14, 2018.
Dr. Smita Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, was awarded the prestigious degree of Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (FEBNM), after successfully clearing the European Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Examination held in October 2018 in Dusseldorf, Germany under the evaluation of European Union of Medical Specialists / European Board of Nuclear Medicine(UEMS/EBNM).
The Amrita College of Nursing celebrated its sixteenth anniversary on November 1, 2018. Dr. Prem Nair, Medical Director, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), inaugurated the day-long programme by releasing the college magazine ‘Rithu Salabangal.’
The Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, in association with the Department of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), organized “Ne Diabete – Diabetes Awareness Day” on November 20, 2018 (9:30. . .
Dr. Uma Devi P., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, presented two papers at the “World Congress on Nutraceuticals and Natural Medicine” which explored the advances in nutraceuticals and natural medicine research, development and design.
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