The Department of Microbiology at SSIMS & RC provides comprehensive and exemplary academic, research and laboratory services. The laboratory services cater to the rural population by providing quality diagnostics at reasonable rates.
Health awareness programs are organised regularly by the department, for doctors, nursing staff, medical and nursing students, technical staff, housekeeping and sanitary workers. Education and teaching of communicable diseases and preventive measures are made available to a wide range of professionals. The department contributes and participates actively in the Hospital Infection Control Committee and give timely recommendations. The department also co-ordinates with government programs like RNTCP, ICTC and takes up research projects which are funded by the Government, Universities and Colleges. The department also plans to start Postgraduation and PhD programs in the near future.
The department has a team of experienced, well trained, dedicated teaching faculty to provide quality education to medical students. Air conditioned and smart E-classrooms, demonstration halls with multimedia projectors, a practical hall equipped with individual workstations, a well-stocked library with national and international books and journals, charts and specimens, as well as museums with models are also available.
The faculty and students are encouraged to utilize the research facilities in the well-equipped departmental research laboratory. They are also aided in availing research grants for their projects from DBT, ICMR, DST etc. Clinical section laboratories like Bacteriology including Anaerobic, Immunology, Mycology, Virology, Parasitology, Mycobacteriology and Serology are available. BACTEC Culture System, ELISA, Biosafety cabinet, BOD and Bacteriological Incubator, Hot Air Oven, Vertical Autoclave, Binocular, Trinocular and Dark Ground Microscope with camera attachment and OT Sterility Testing are available.
Ongoing research projects in the department include projects on Hand Hygiene and Biomedical Waste Management and two SATYAM Yoga research project proposals that have been submitted for approval.
