RIMS to offer sports medicine course

Imphal, May 10 : The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal will offer an intensive course on sports medicine for the doctors of the North Eastern Region, including Sikkim.

About 44 doctors have been selected from the NE region, who would undergo training, the RIMS officials said.

The aim is to make up for the shortfall of sports medicine specialists in the region, they added.

As the region was producing a number of national and international atheletes, sports medicine specialists is much need, they mentioned.

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