All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Patna

About All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Patna

All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS Patna is a Medical Research University and a Medical College. It is also known as Jai Prakash Narayan All India Institute of Medical Sciences. AIIMS Patna is the vision of the former Prime minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee who decided to give to the nation six regional AIIMS with the mandate to provide the most modern healthcare to the last man in the queue at affordable cost. AIIMS Patna was created by the ordinance dated 16 July, 2012 and then the Act (Amendment), 2012 on 2nd July, 2013. AIIMS Patna started its operations on 25^th September 2012. AIIMS New Delhi, has been mentoring it and it operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India. AIIMS Patna is spread over 134 acre, comprising the main medical college campus on 100 acres and residential campus of 34 acres. AIIMS Patna has a net based tele-medicine education programme to train the common man to deal with medical emergencies before formal health care arrives at www.sankatmochannagrik.in .Those taking the programme are further trained as part of the Quick Medical Response Training programme being done in collaboration with the Department of Health and Family welfare and Disaster Management of the Government of Bihar. In innovations we have devised an android mobile based application called “Sankat Sanket” which can beam a message like “I am in danger” and the location of the mobile will visible at a site www.sankatsanket.org , so that the nearest help be it Ambulance, Police or fire fighters can be diverted to the victim. In May 2015, AIIMS-Patna launched health cards. In July 2015, AIIMS Patna launched free surgery service to leprosy patients.

Departments at AIIMS Patna

• Anaesthesiology
• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Community Medicine
• Dentistry
• Dermatology STD and Leprosy
• Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Microbiology
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Orthopedics
• Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
• Paediatrics surgery
• Paediatrics
• Pathology and Lab Medicine
• Pharmacology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Physiology
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonary Medicine and TB
• Radio-diagnosis
• Radio-therapy
• Trauma & Emergency
• Nursing
• Engineering