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The foundation of educational and health care services can be traced back to the establishment of
Subharti K.K.B.Charitable Trust in 1995 and subsequent opening of the N.S.C.B.Subharti Medical College, Meerut
to fulfil its promises of not only providing world class health care for the people but also to provide
excellent educational facilities for students from across the country. Being the back bone of any hospital
or Medical College, the department of Radio-diagnosis plays immense role in the management of patient
in giving the diagnosis of lesion. This is located in the main OPD block of C.S.S. Hospital and covering
an area of 1118 sq.m., which started as an x-ray department way back in 2001 with permission to
start medical college, “Subharti Medical College” by Ministry of health and Family Welfare vide
letter no. 12012/69/96-ME (P) dated 23.01.2001 for 100 UG students (now 150 UG Students since 2010).
The start of the department was with one 300mA X-Ray unit and one B/W portable USG unit and now boasts
of fully equipped and modernized imaging department catering to patient and clinician
needs in diagnostic imaging and image guided diagnostic procedures
including interventional Radiology.
The department has all modern diagnostic facilities like 1.5Tesla MRI scanner with work station,
CT scanner, diagnostic X-ray equipments with IITV facility, ultrasound, colour Doppler, 3D-4D USG and mammography
unit, CR system with DW camera and Digital subs traction angiography unit (DSA). The department gives
round the clock diagnostic and emergency services to cater the needs of rural population in the
region in and around Meerut city of Western Uttar Pradesh. The diagnostic services are provided
at reasonable rates and during the camps most of indoor x-rays and USG examinations are done
free of cost. Academic and research activities go simultaneously with health delivery system
of medical college. The Radio-diagnosis department was upgraded to the postgraduate teaching
department vide letter no. U.12012/231/2008-ME (P-II) dated 31.03.2009 permitting two (2) post
graduate students per year for M.D. Radio-diagnosis course. In the year 2011 the department
was further permitted to increase three (3) additional P.G. students for M.D. in Radio-diagnosis,
increasing the total seats to Five (5)/year vide letter no.MCI-50(22)/2010-Med.521 dated
31.03.2011/01.04.2011. The department is having full time teaching and training program
for Diploma, B.Sc., and M.Sc. X-Ray Technician’s courses.
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