All India Institute Of Medical Sciences

Name :

All India Institute Of Medical Sciences

Address  :

Ansari Nagar
Safdarhybg Enclave

Town  :

New Delhi

State  :

Delhi

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

110 029

Phone  :

011 26588500, 26588700

Fax  :

011 26588663,26588641

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

director@aiims.ac.in

Description

Creating a country imbued with a scientific culture was Jawaharlal Nehrus dream and immediately after independence he prepared a grand design to achieve it Among the temples of modern India which he designed was a centre of excellence in the medical sciences Nehrus dream was that such a centre would set the pace for medical education and research in Southeast Asia and in this he had the wholehearted support of his Health Minister Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

The health survey and development committee chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore an Indian Civil Servant had in 1946 already recommended the establishment of a national medical centre which would concentrate on meeting the need for highly qualified manpower to look after the nations expanding health care activities The dreams of Nehru and Amrit Kaur and the recommendations of the Bhore Committee converged to create a proposal which found favor with the government of New Zealand A generous grant from New Zealand under the Colombo Plan made it possible to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS in 1952The AIIMS was finally created in 1956as an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament to serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspect of health care

AllIndia Institute of Medical Sciences was established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity and to attain selfsufficiency in Postgraduate Medical Education

The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching research and patientcare As provided in the Act AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and paramedical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines In the field of medical research AIIMS is the lead having more than 600 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year AIIMS also runs a College of Nursing and trains students for BScHons Nursing postcertificate degrees

Twentyfive clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre and Paraclinical departments However burn cases dogbite cases and patients suffering from infectious diseases are not entertained in the AIIMS Hospital AIIMS also manages a 60beded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 25 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine

Objectives of AIIMS

To develop a pattern of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India

To bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of the personnel in all important branches of the health activity

to attain self sufficiency in postgraduate in medical education

Functions of AIIMS

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in medical and related physical biological sciences

Nursing and dental education

Innovations in education

Producing medical teachers for the country

Research in medical and related sciences

Health care preventive promotive and curative primary secondary amp tertiary

Community based teaching and research