Section 4. Objects of the University.

The following shall be objects of the University, namely:- (a) to disseminate recent advances and knowledge, promote research and development in field of medical and health sciences; (b) to act as resource centre for health planning, health management, hospital management, health policy, bio-medical engineering, health financing, biostatistics, health disaster and epidemic management and mitigation; (c) to help prevention, promotion and management of various health ailments at individual and community level; (d) to provide a platform, establish, develop and nurture medical and health institutions including multi-specialty hospitals, referral health centres, health centres, health care facilities at primary, secondary and tertiary health care system and upgrading existing institutions as centre of excellence; (e) to treat, manage, rehabilitate patients in health care facilities and develop standard protocol for the prevention, control, treatment, management and rehabilitation of the patients; (f) to establish and promote development of institutions in nursing, paramedical, physiotherapy, pharmacy and other allied health subjects; (g) to establish, develop and manage health care facilities including research institutions laboratories, diagnostic centres and rehabilitation and occupational therapy centres; (h) to establish and promote e-health including Integrated Health Management and Information System, (IHMS), telemedical and e-learning and distant education and management of teaching institutions; (i) to establish and promote use of robotics, modern sophisticated techniques in prevention, control, treatment and rehabilitation of patients; (j) to establish centre of excellence in bio-medical research, medical education and health technology , epidemiology and public health. (k) to establish and develop centres and institutions for public health engineering, environmental sciences, food and nutrition; (l) to establish and develop institutions for genetic research, molecular biology, nuclear medicine, transfusion medicine, haematology and immunology, organ transplantation, robotic surgery, bio-information and other fields in medicine and dentistry; (m) to establish and promote centres for reproductive and child health, population control and medical-social sciences; and (n) to establish a centre for imparting training to teachers in all health and allied health subject