The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), established on 15 August 2002 by upgrading the then Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) originally setup in 1960, is a medical institute of in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, India. The college is an autonomous body established under an act of Jharkhand Assembly. The institute provides free medical service along with medicines. Developments in the field of surgery include minimal access cosmetically sound (MACS) surgery. The RIMS has blocks in a multi-storied building with several medical departments. RIMS has about 33 departments which include emergency, Blood bank, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedic, Neurosurgery, OBST & Gynae, ENT, Eye, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Skin STD & Leprosy, PMR, Urology, Cardiology, Rradiology and others. RIMS has facilities like CT scan, emergency pathology for 24 hrs, AIDS Clinic, X-Ray, USG, TeleMedicine Department and a Deep X-Ray unit. Dental institute began functioning in 2017 with an annual intake of 50 students. RIMS has its own blood bank, School of Nursing, dental college and College of Nursing. At RIMS medical courses include MBBS, BDS, postgraduate – MD, MS, DM, MCh and Diploma, Nursing courses include BSc.Nursing and Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM). It also offers radiology and pathological investigation facilities. A Regional Institute of ophthalmology Block is coming up. The decision to upgrade the institute to university for conducting MBBS exams was taken in 2016. Buildings RIMS Ranchi has a very large and spacious campus. There is an OPD complex with entrances through central emergency and a separate entrance for OPD. Main hospital building it a 5 storied building which houses all specialty departments and Neurosurgery department. The building has large corridors connecting different wards and OTs. Super specialty building houses department of cardiology, cardio OPD, department of urology, department of pediatric surgery and has space for other departments developing in future. Oncology block it has onco OPD, ward, OTs and central library on the top 2 floors. Several small buildings like CSSD, mechanised laundry, Blood bank, kitchen and morgue, etc. are situated within the campus. Administrative block houses offices of many officials. Academic complex houses all the lecture theatres, practical halls and director's office. Department of anatomy and FMT have separate buildings. Anatomy lecture theatre is situated next to the academic complex. RIMS Auditorium is situated near gate no 1. It is very large and can easily accommodate 500 people. Rims stadium in the campus