All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Delhi

About All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Delhi

One of the scientific endeavours of Jawaharlal Nehru's was developing AIIMS. Immediately after independence he prepared a grand design to achieve it. It was destined to become the temples of modern India which he designed, it was to be a centre of excellence in the medical sciences. Nehru's 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 nation's 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 1952.The AIIMS was finally created in 1956,as an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament ,to serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspect of health care.

All-India 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 Post-graduate 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 self-sufficiency in Post-graduate Medical Education.

Infrastructure

The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient-care. As provided in the Act, AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and para-medical 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 B.Sc.(Hons.) Nursing post-certificate) degrees.

Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre- and Para-clinical departments. However, burn cases, dog-bite cases and patients suffering from infectious diseases are not entertained in the AIIMS Hospital. AIIMS also manages a 60-beded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 2.5 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine.

AIIMS runs a variety of undergraduate courses in medicine, nursing and related areas, and postgraduate courses in virtually all the basic and clinical medical specialties and superspecialties. Admissions to these courses are based on entrance examinations conducted all over the country.

Campus and Departments

• Specialty Center
  
• Cardio-Thoracic Sciences Centre
  
• Centre for Dental Education and Research
  
• Neurosciences Centre
  
• Dr. R.P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences
  
• Dr. B.R.A Institute-Rotary Cancer Hospital
  
• National Drug Dependence Treatment Center
  
• Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center

Departments

• Anaesthesiology                       
  
• Anatomy
  
• Biochemistry
  
• Biomedical Engineering
  
• Biophysics
  
• Biostatistics
  
• Biotechnology
  
• Cardiology
  
• Centre for Community Medicine
  
• College of Nursing
  
• Dermatology & Venereology
  
• Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
  
• Forensic Medicine
  
• Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition
  
• Gastrointestinal Surgery
  
• Haematology
  
• Hospital Administration
  
• Laboratory Medicine
  
• Medicine
  
• Microbiology
  
• Nephrology
  
• Nuclear Medicine
  
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  
• Orthopaedics
  
• Otorhinolaryngology
  
• Paediatrics
  
• Paediatric Surgery
  
• Pathology
  
• Pharmacology
  
• Physiology
  
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  
• Psychiatry
  
• Radio Diagnosis
  
• Reproductive Biology
  
• Surgical Disciplines
  
• Transplant Immunology & Immunogenetics
  
• Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)
  
• Urology

Other Facilities

B.B. Dikshit Library - The library, named after the first Director of the Institute, is a treasure house having 61423 books, 53547 journals and 14008 reports in the field of Biomedical Sciences. The library receives 490 journals and 80 newsletters every year. The library is open to the readers from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week. The library has a computer facility, microfilm library reader and reader-printer facility The rich and efficient is a potent force for energising our research activities.

Research - At AIIMS research is not just a routine activity but rather a mission with three objectives. As anywhere else, the primary purpose of research is to gratify curiosity by disciplined activity, thereby leading to creation of new knowledge. But at AIIMS, we are also conscious of the role research can play in improving the quality of teaching. A teacher engaged in research is up to date with recent information, and can also inculcate a sprit of enquiry and freedom of thought into his/her students. Finally, research at AIIMS is apart of our national endeavour to cultivate a scientific temper and to eliminate from our society the way of authority and superstition.

There is a wide variety of research performed at AIIMS. On the one hand we do sophisticated investigations in the neurosciences, in genetics and on computer simulation of hormone-receptor interaction. On the other hand ,we undertake clinical and epidemiological studies on the prevention and treatment of national health problems. We are trying to apply advanced techniques such as DNA recombinant technology, immunology and electron microscopy to study the common diseases in our country such as leprosy, malaria , tuberculosis, diabetes, diarrhea, hepatitis, fluorosis and iodine deficiency. We have large internationally funded programmes on goals-oriented research in reproduction aimed at widening the variety of acceptable contraceptives.

Hostel - The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has several hostels for its undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD scholars and resident doctors. Conveniently located, hostellers do not have to travel long distances after a day of hard work and studies. These hostels are an essential component of the life at this institution wherein students, staff and faculty reside in the same campus. The life in hostels enables students to spend ample time in the hospital, departments utilizing library and other facilities to ensure they develop academically and acquire the necessary skills that can be obtained only through experience. In addition the hostel life allows students to interact with their colleagues and peers, make friends, and develop into good human beings capable of independent judgment and coping with the day to day pressures of life. Some students may leave their homes for the first time and they can be reassured these hostels would eventually turn out to be a home away from home!

• Central Animal Facility
  
• Computer Facility
  
• Electron Microscope Facility
  
• K.L. Wig CMET
  
• Medical Social & Welfare Services
  
• National Poisons Information Centre
  
• Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation
  
• Patent Cell

Extra Curricular Activities

The AIIMSONIANS is the registered organization of ALUMNI of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. It was formed in 1962, when the first batch of MBBS students passed out from this premier medical school of India.

• The AIIMSONIANS BANQUET
  
• Annual AIIMSONIANS PICNIC
  
• Annual Aiimsonians Cricket Match
  
• PULSE – The cultural & social extravaganza.

Updates

The AIIMS has acquired 300 Acre of land at Badshah village in Jhajjar, Haryana, for construction of AIIMS-II Campus.

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Information compiled from: All India Institute of Medical Sciences - AIIMS Delhi Website