founder dr. nomal chandra borah 1 headquarters guwahati india area served northeast india website http www.gnrchospitals.com gnrc formerly known as guwahati neurological research centre is the first super specialty healthcare centre in north east india . 1 it was established in 1987 by neurologist dr. nomal chandra borah . at present it operates three hospitals gnrc dispur gnrc sixmile and gnrc medical . 2 contents 1 founder 2 vision 3 milestones 4 references 5 external links founder edit chairman and managing director of gnrc dr. nomal chandra borah is a neurologist . 3 he received his medical degree from guwahati medical college in 1975 and joined the all india institute of medical sciences aiims new delhi as senior resident where he completed three years training in neurology leading to dm degree . in 1984 to address inadequate availability of quality healthcare in north east india dr. borah decided to return to assam and set up a neurology clinic at maligaon in guwahati which was known as guwahati neurological research centre gnrc . on october 17 1985 it was registered as guwahati neurological research centre private limited . in 1987 the first super specialty healthcare centre in north east india 1 guwahati neurological research centre was established in dispur . during this period dr borah was guided by dr. k v mathai well known neurosurgeon from vellore who supported dr. borah in his endeavour . dr. mathai s presence helped dr. borah to consolidate the vision of creating a centre of excellence in neuroscience with the goal of providing quality patient care teaching training and clinical research . in 1994 guwahati neurological research centre became a public limited company and on january 19 2001 guwahati neurological research centre was registered as gnrc ltd. dr. borah is a member of the medical ethics committee of the indian medical council assam state branch indian academy of neurology neurological society of india association of physicians of india american academy of neurology world federation of neurology and indian stroke council . dr. borah is also a fellow of the american academy of neurology faan . 4 vision edit health for all smiles for all milestones edit year date milestone 1984 guwahati neurological research centre the first neurology clinic in north east india was set up at maligaon in the outskirts of guwahati with eeg and lab services january 5 1987 guwahati neurological research centre private ltd started its first neuro sciences hospital in north east india 5 february 27 1987 gnrc hospital installed the first ct scan machine hitachi ctw 400 in the entire north eastern region of india 1989 gnrc hospitals conducted the first micro neurosurgery in north east india 1992 first icu of northeast india was set up at gnrc with eight beds and in the same year gnrc hospital successfully conducted the first stereotactic surgery of the region july 21 1994 icu of institute of neurological sciences was inaugurated by honorable late chief minister of assam mr. hiteswar saikia april 1995 first mri machine of northeast india was installed at gnrc hospital 1997 coronary care unit launched and cardiology services started at gnrc hospital january 10 1998 gnrc heart institute was inaugurated by honorable governor of assam lt. gen. retd . s.k. sinha april 25 1999 cardiovascular surgery unit and first cath lab of north east india was established at gnrc hospital 2000 critical care services were started at gnrc hospital 2001 joint replacement surgery was started at gnrc hospital january 19 2001 guwahati neurological research centre private ltd was registered as gnrc ltd. january 5 2003 free ward facilities started june 26 2003 gnrc hospital was accredited with iso 9001 2000 january 4 2004 regional stroke centre launched at gnrc hospital july 5 2004 asian institute of nursing education was established ; affiliated to sndt women s university mumbai august 24 2005 gnrc hospital was accredited with iso 14001 2004 6 august 25 2004 gnrc medishops were established 7 january 19 2006 life first ambulance the first cardiac ambulance with all life support facilities in north east india was launched october 13 2006 gnrc epilepsy clinic the first dedicated epilepsy clinic of north east india was launched september 10 2007 gnrc swasthya magazine was launched february 4 2008 second hospital under gnrc ltd was opened to the public at sixmile guwahati january 11 2011 gnrc assure was launched 8 december 17 2011 gnrc pain clinic inaugurated 9 january 5 2012 gnrc completes 25 years of its service to the people 10 march 21 2012 gnrc medireach a social initiative of gnrc hospitals launched for the rural people of assam . october 1 2012 outpatient services started in gnrc north guwahati january 1 2014 gnrc medical starts operation in north guwahati june 18 2014 world bank group awards india development marketplace grant to gnrc 11 references edit a b c gnrc to set up 2 sbus to provide healthcare in n e . the economic times . retrieved 5 december 2014 . you can make a state of the art hospital out of bamboo . quartz . retrieved 5 december 2014 . dr. nomal chandra bloomberg profile . bllomberg businessweek . retrieved 5 december 2014 . farmer doctor profile in ignou syllabus . the telegraph . retrieved 5 december 2014 . think capital report pdf . retrieved 9 december 2014 . gnrc hospital accrediation . medical wellness centers . retrieved 9 december 2014 . gnrc opens brand shops . the telegraph . retrieved 9 december 2014 . holistic healthcare plan launched . the assam tribune . retrieved 9 december 2014 . gnrc opens first pain clinic of assam . assam times . retrieved 9 december 2014 . silver jubilee . the sentinel . retrieved 9 december 2014 . world bank group sanctions 150 000 grant to gnrc . hindu business line . retrieved 9 december 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gnrc & oldid 738500547 categories health in indiahospitals in assambuildings and structures in guwahatihidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaassam articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 09 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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