VYDEHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE
VYDEHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE The Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (VIMS) is one of the leading pioneers in the country for providing world-class medical education along with the provision of state of the art health care services. The emblem of this Centre has a traditional symbol of the Caduceus to represent medicine. This symbol derives from Hermes or Mercury, the winged messenger and is a staff intertwined by two snakes of Greek mythology in a background of the globe and open book. Their intersection indicates endocrine glands topped by a flower and flanked by wings. Serpents denote the pineal gland and pituitary gland as both look alike. The stalk indicates the spinal column. While two serpents - signify the two shades of human existence that physicians encounter – life and death. This is supported by the helical structure of DNA and by a pair of creepers with flowers on both sides, symbolising growth and life. On the b