PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, JALANDHAR

Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS Jalandhar) is a medical college, hospital, and medical research institute situated on 55 acres in the centre of Jalandhar, Punjab. It was first projected by the Government of Punjab in 1999 as the first medical college cum teaching hospital in the Doaba region, conceptualised as a public private partnership between the PIMS Society, PMS Medical and Education Charitable Society, the Department of Medical Education & Research, and the Government of Punjab. The college is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences and admits 150 MBBS students per batch, with six batches amassing over 900 doctors-in-training. It also offers DNB courses in several specialties and six paramedical courses. The hospital has numerous clinical departments, diagnostic facilities including COVID-19 testing, a blood bank, dialysis unit, and an ART centre under NACP. PIMS engages in charitable work, including medical camps, adopting 15 villages, and a de-addiction campaign called 'Nasha Mukti Abhiyan,' for which it received the National Award-2018 for 'Best Educational Institution' in prevention of substance abuse. It has hosted conferences like TRANSCON 2019 and held its second convocation for 180 MBBS graduates.