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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
05 FEB 2021 6:51PM by PIB Delhi
Multidisciplinary Research Unit (MRU)

In the year 2013-14, the Government introduced the scheme of establishing Multidisciplinary Research Unit (MRUs) in Government Medical Colleges to strengthen research environment, bridge the gap in infrastructure inhibiting health research, and improve the overall health status of the population by creating evidence based application of diagnostic procedure/processes/methods.

So far 80 MRUs have been approved. Statement containing details of 80 units State/UT and medical college-wise is annexed.

 

Proposals for establishing new MRUs are received on continuous basis from all the States and Union Territories of India. These are considered in the Department as per the scheme guidelines. After completion of necessary requirements, approval for establishing MRUs is accorded. 

 

The funding norms, as per scheme guidelines, provide for non-recurring and recurring grant in the following manner:

 

Non-Recurring Grant:

 

  1. Civil Construction --- Rs. 0.25 crore

(ii) Equipments --- Rs. 5.00  crore in 03 installments

 

 

 

Recurring Grant:

 

  1. Salaries --- Rs. 0.252 crore

(ii) Contingencies --- Rs. 0.222 crore

 

Funds of Rs. 26.25 crore have been disbursed during the last 03 years for establishing new MRUs as per the funding norms of the scheme.

 

Department of Health Research has a Central Sector Scheme titled “Setting-up of nation-wide network of laboratories for managing epidemics and national calamities”. The Scheme has mandate to create three tier networks of Virus Research and Diagnosis Laboratories at Regional Level, State level and Medical College Level for timely diagnosis/identification of viruses during outbreaks of epidemics and generation of data about viral diseases for facilitating quick deployment of resources & measures to save the human lives.

 

Regional Laboratories have state-of-art facilities so that it could achieve the objectives in research, continuous monitoring and surveillance of existing as well as new viral and other strains and handling of viruses etc. with a potential of being used as agents of bioterrorism, capacity building, diagnosis, development of diagnostic kits etc.

 

State Level Laboratories are equipped with BSL-2 facility and expected to carry out serology, RT-PCR, isolation, fluorescence microscopy, tissue culture and sequencing for all enlisted viruses. These laboratories are also expected to be involved in basic as well as applied research on viruses, development of kits and diagnostic reagents and identification of unknown/referred samples from the Sub-state level laboratories.

 

Medical College Laboratories, in case of any outbreak / epidemic, carry out the initial diagnosis/ screening at the most peripheral areas & nearest to the site of outbreak.  While the medical college labs are expected to identify all listed common viruses, the viruses/agents which cannot be identified by these labs are referred to the State/Regional Labs for identification and / or characterization.

 

Till date total 118 Labs- 10 Regional Level, 23 State Level and 85 Medical College Level Labs have been established across the country.

 

 

 

S.No

Name of the approved medical college

 

 

1

Siddhartha Medical College, Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh

2

Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinda, Andhra

3

Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

4

SV Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

5

Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana

6

Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana

7

Nizam Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad, Telangana

8

Silcher Medical College and Hospital, Silcher, Assam

9

Zorhat Medical College, Zorhat, Assam

10

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta, Assam

11

Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

12

Pt. BD Sharma Medical College, Rohtak

13

MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur Jharkhand

14

Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand

15

Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, H. P.

16

Dr. R.P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra at Tanda, H. P.

17

Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

18

Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

19

J.L.N. Medical College & Associated Group of Hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan

20

SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Rajasthan

21

R.N.T Medical College, Udaipur

22

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan

23

Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan

24

Madras Medical College, ChennaiTamil Nadu

25

Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

26

Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

27

Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Taramani, Tamil Nadu

28

Medical College, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu

29

Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu

30

Govt. Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu

31

Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu

32

Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

33

Agartala Govt. Medical College, Agartala, Tripura

34

Govt. Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand

35

Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Govt Medical Science & Research Institute, Srinagar, Uttarakhand

36

R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal

37

Medical College & Hospital , Kolkata, West Bengal

38

Institute of  Post Graduate  Medical College  Education & Research , Kolkata,

West Bengal

39

Nil RatanSirkar Medical  College, Kolkata, West Bengal

40

University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi

41

VallabhBhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi

42

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

43

S.S. Medical College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

44

NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

45

M.G.M. Medical College, Indore,Madhya Pradesh

46

Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

47

GR Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

48

S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha

49

VSS Medical College, Burla, Odisha

50

M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur,, Odisha

51

Goa Medical College, Goa

52

Seth G.S Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra

53

Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College, Sholapur, Maharashtra

54

Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra

55

B.J. Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra*

56

G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh

57

King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

58

Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, Utttar Pradesh

59

Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Safai, Etawah Uttar Pradesh

60

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar

61

Dharwad Institute of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka

62

Mandya Medical College, Karnataka

63

Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka

64

ShimogaInstt. Of Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka

65

Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka

66

Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka

67

Govt. Medical College, Jammu, J&K

68

Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, J&K

69

Sher-i-Kashmir Medical College, Srinagar, J&K

70

M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat

71

SMIMER, Surat, Gujarat

72

Medical College, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala

73

Calicut Medical College, Kerala

74

Govt. medical College, Kottayam, Kerala

75

Govt. medical College, Amritsar Punjab

76

Govt. Medical College, Patiala Punjab

77

Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab

78

Government Medical College, Chandigarh

79

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur

80

AIIMS, Rishikesh

 

* Funds could not be released as the matter is under discussion with the State Government.

 

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

 

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MV/SJ