Zoram Medical College now Zoram Medical College and Hospital previously known as Mizoram Institute of Medical Education & Research is the first medical college in

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

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. It was inaugurated on 7 August 2018 by the then CM of Mizoram,

Lalthanhawla Pu Lal Thanhawla (born 19 May 1938 or 1942) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram, belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He holds the record for longest-serving Chief Minister of Mizoram, occupying the position ...

, at Falkawn, about from

Aizawl Aizawl (, American English, US: , British English, UK: ; Mizo language, Mizo: ), formerly known as Aijal, is the capital city and the most populous city of Mizoram, India. It is also the third largest city in northeast India. It is situated ato ...

. ZMC is expected to meet the growing demand of Doctors in Mizoram.

History

Construction work on the State Referral Hospital started in 1999 with funds from the Planning Commission, following approval of Rs. 40 crore for the proposal in 1996. The State Referral Hospital was initially planned for a 300 Bedded Hospital but had to start as a 50 bedded hospital in the Administrative Building from 21 July 2005 because the then

Mizo National Front The Mizo National Front ( MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Government of India towards the famine situ ...

government deviated from original plan in executing construction. Subsequently, it was enlarged to 150 beds on 10 Dec 2012. MIMER was established by the Government of

under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' with a project cost of Rs. 189 lakhs and funding pattern 90:10. Prof. Lallukhum Fimate was appointed as the first director of the college on 27 October, 2017. Permission to start MBBS courses was given on 25 May 2018 by the

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, Government of India on the recommendation of the

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. It was inaugurated on 7 August 2018 by

, the Chief Minister of Mizoram. It was renamed to Zoram Medical College on 26 April 2019 as per the decision of the Council of Ministers, Government of Mizoram.

Admissions

Students are admitted through the Higher & Technical Education Department, Government of Mizoram on the basis of

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(NEET) scores. Total number of students admitted per year is 100, with 15% of seats reserved for All India Quota, 15% seats for NRI Quota and 70% of seats reserved for the State Quota.

Courses

The college offers MBBS course which is affiliated to

Mizoram University Mizoram University is a central university established on 2 July 2000, by the Mizoram University Act (2000) of the Parliament of India. The President of India is the official Visitor, and the Governor of Mizoram acts as the Chief Rector as per M ...

under permission of the Board of Governors in supersession of the

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Departments

#Anatomy #Physiology #Biochemistry #Pharmacology #Pathology #Microbiology #General Surgery #General Medicine #Oto-rhino-laryngology #Ophthalmology #Obstetrics & Gynecology #Community Medicine #Forensic Medicine #Pediatrics #TB & Respiratory Diseases #Dermatology & Venereology #Radio-diagnosis #Psychiatry #Dentistry #Anesthesiology #Orthopedics

Location

The Medical College is located on a campus at Falkawn on the outskirts of

, about 16 km from Aizawl city and takes about 41 minutes to drive.

References

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