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The Faculty of Health started working in 1996 with the admission of students in the associate degree of Environmental Health and Family Health under the name of Rasht Health School. In 1997, the field of Public Health in the associate degree was added to the faculty. The bachelor's degree in Environmental Health was added to the faculty in 2004. In 2006, the associate degree in Occupational Health was added to the faculty and the joint group of Environmental and Occupational Health was officially established. In 2009, a bachelor's degree in Environmental Health was added to the faculty courses and it was agreed to accept a bachelor's degree student in Occupational Health. In 2010, a bachelor's degree in Public Health was added to the fields. The latest educational development of the faculty is the agreement for the admission of students in the master's degree for two fields of Health and Environmental Health in 2011 and the agreement for the admission of students in the bachelor's degree of Occupational Health in 2012. Currently, the total number of staff at the School of Health is 52, including 37 employees and 14 faculty members, and about 430 students in four disciplines and two bachelor's degrees (Environmental Health Engineering, Occupational Health Engineering and Public Health) and master's degree Health and Environmental Health Engineering) are studying in this college.
Successful Surgical Removal of Brain Tumor Using Intraoperative Ultrasound Machine at Porsina Medical Teaching Center in Rasht
For the first time in Guilan province, brain tumor removal surgery using ultrasound during surgery was successfully performed by Dr. Zahir Rihanian.
According to Guilan University of Medical Sciences news agency (WEBDA); For the first time in Guilan province, a successful brain tumor removal surgery using ultrasound was performed by Dr. Zahir Rihanian - neurosurgeon specialist at Porsina Medical Teaching Center.
Dr. Zahir Rihanian said “Currently, the use of imaging tools to diagnose these patients has been facilitated and most of the tumors are large enough to require surgery”.
This neurosurgeon introduced the use of intraoperative ultrasound as one of the newest methods of successful tumor surgery in the world and added "this method shows the size, location and vascular nature of the tumor and its adjacent space with the structures around the brain and helps the surgeon to be able to remove the tumor as much as possible without damaging the brain tissue and the recovery process of the patient escalates."
Regarding this successful surgery at the Porsina Medical Teaching Center, Dr. Rihanian said “The patient, a 50-year-old woman, who came to the clinic complaining of headache and weakness of movement of the limbs, was diagnosed with a large tumor. She underwent surgery and is currently recovering with a favorable general condition.”

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