OFFICIAL PORTAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WEBSITE INFORMATION DETAIL
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OFFICIAL PORTAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERUBATAN (IMR)
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THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (IMR) WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BRITISH IN 1900 AS AN INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY IN KUALA LUMPUR, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION AND TO EXPLORE THE VAST AND STILL UNKNOWN FIELD OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
SINCE THEN IMR HAS EXPANDED ITS ROLE AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND OTHER MEDICAL DISCIPLINES. RESEARCH EFFORTS AT IMR HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF SEVERAL MAJOR TROPICAL DISEASES IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION INCLUDING BERIBERI, MALARIA, CHOLERA, TYPHOID, SMALLPOX, LEPROSY, TUBERCULOSIS, FILARIASIS, DENGUE, SCRUB TYPHUS AND NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY.