ICMR Bhopal Centre

I want to know the centre of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Bhopal so can you tell me?

National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal, is one of the permanent Institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a Government of India’s apex autonomous organization for bio-medical research in the country.

Activities-

Focus research on methyl isocynate (MIC) affected population of Bhopal in the areas of

Respiratory disease;
Eye related diseases;
Kidney diseases;
Cancer;
Genetic disorders;
Congenital disorders;
Mental and neurological health;
Women related medical issues;
Second generation children related medical issues; and,
Rehabilitation.

Improve environmental health research and play a leading role in tackling environmental health issues as an apex research institution on environmental health in India.

Thrust Areas

NIREH will have a clinical research wing having the following departments

General Medicine
Respiratory Medicine/ Pulmonary Medicine
Ophthalmology
Paediatrics
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Psychiatry/Mental Health
Neurology
Radio diagnosis
Epidemiology/ Community Medicine

The following facilities are in the process of being established at NIREH as part of Phase I of its development:

Molecular Biology Laboratory
Microbiology Laboratory
Biochemistry Laboratory
Pathology Laboratory
Haematology Laboratory
PFT Laboratory
Central Equipment Facility
Department of Epidemiology including biostatistics and computing programming
Data base relating to research on toxic gas exposure, and environmental contamination

Contact-

ICMR- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
Kamla Nehru Hospital Building,
Gandhi Medical College Campus,
Bhopal-462 001, Madhya Pradesh, India

Phone : 0755-2533106,

Fax- 0755-2533976

Email: nirehbhopal@yahoo.in

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