All India Institutes of Medical Sciences

New Delhi
Bhubaneswar
Jodhpur
Patna
Bhopal
Raipur
Rishikesh
Changsari
Bihar
Bilaspur
Bathinda
Vijay Pur
Awantipora
Gorakhpur
Kalyani
Hyderabad
Vijayawada
Madurai
Deoghar
Gujarat
Nagpur
Location of the seven functioning AIIMSs (green) and 13 proposed AIIMSs (orange)

The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are a group of autonomous public medical colleges of higher education. These institutes have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National Importance.[1] AIIMS Delhi, the fore-runner parent excellence institution, was established in 1956.

Institutes

The AIIMS institutes are located in:

AIIMSs and locations, sorted establishment wise
NameEstablishedCity/townState/UT
AIIMS New Delhi1956New DelhiDelhi
AIIMS Bhopal2012BhopalMadhya Pradesh
AIIMS Bhubaneswar2012BhubaneswarOdisha
AIIMS Jodhpur2012JodhpurRajasthan
AIIMS Patna2012PatnaBihar
AIIMS Raipur2012RaipurChhattisgarh
AIIMS Rishikesh2012RishikeshUttarakhand

From the 2013–14 academic session, the overall availability of MBBS seats in India rose to 42,169. The health ministry is striving to achieve the target doctor-patient ratio of 1:1000 by 2021, which at present is 1:2000. The government plans to increase overall availability of MBBS seats to 80,000 and of PG seats to 45,000 from the current 22,194 by 2021. The aim is to reduce the shortage of doctors, which is currently pegged at around 800,000 (800,000).[2][3] India has 27 regional cancer centres.400 RT machines are available for cancer treatment.[4]

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956

AIIMS New Delhi is governed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956.[5]

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 27 August 2012. This bill will also replace a recent Ordinance which allowed the six AIIMS-like institutes to become operational from September 2012.[6] Lok Sabha passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on 30 August 2012.[7][8] The proposed measure will help the Centre change the status of the six new AIIMS registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act to be autonomous body corporate on the lines of the existing AIIMS in Delhi.AIIMS (Amendment) Bill,2012 was introduced in Rajya Sabha on 3 September 2012.[9][10] Rajya Sabha passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on 4 September 2012.[11][12][13]

Future AIIMS

Future AIIMSs and locations
NameCity/townState/UTPhase
AIIMS MangalgiriMangalagiriAndhra PradeshPhase IV
AIIMS NagpurNagpurMaharashtra
AIIMS GorakhpurGorakhpurUttar Pradesh
AIIMS KalyaniKalyaniWest Bengal
AIIMS KamrupChangsariAssamPhase V
AIIMS JammuVijay PurJammu and Kashmir
AIIMS KashmirAwantiporaJammu and Kashmir
AIIMS BhatindaBhatindaPunjab
AIIMS BilaspurBilaspurHimachal Pradesh
AIIMS MaduraiMaduraiTamilnadu
AIIMS BiharUnassignedBihar
AIIMS DeogharDeogharJharkhandPhase VI
AIIMS GujaratUnassignedGujarat
AIIMS HyderabadHyderabadTelangana

On July 2014,[14] in the budget speech for 2014-15,[15] the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of 500 crore (equivalent to 569 crore or US$79 million in 2017) for setting up four new AIIMS, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh.[14] These four "Phase-IV" institutes, are to become AIIMS Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, AIIMS Nagpur in Maharashtra, AIIMS Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and AIIMS Kalyani in West Bengal.[15]

On 28 February 2015, in the 2015-2016 budget speech, Jaitley announced five more AIIMS, in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Assam and Tamil Nadu and an "AIIMS-like" institute in Bihar.[16] On 7 November 2015, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had announced development package for Jammu & Kashmir which includes the setting up of two AIIMS, in the capital cities of Jammu and Kashmir.[17]

Of these seven "Phase-V" institutes, sites have been assigned for at Changsari in Assam,[18] Vijay Pur in the Jammu Division of Jammu and Kashmir,[15] Awantipora in the Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir[15] , Bathinda in Punjab,[15] Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh[19] and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.[20] No site was assigned yet for the institute in Bihar, though Saharsa is a likely candidate.[21]

On 1 February 2017, in the budget presentation for 2017-2018, Jaitley announced two more AIIMS, in Jharkhand and Gujarat.[22] Of the two "Phase-VI" institutes, a site in Deoghar was assigned for the institute in Jharkhand.[15] As of February 2018, no site was yet assigned in Gujarat, with possible sites in Vadodara and Rajkot.[23]

A week after the 2017-2018 budget presentation, on 9 February 2017, Jaitley announced an AIIMS in Telangana as well[24] but no funds for establishing the institute were allocated in the 2018-2019 presentation on 2 February 2018.[25] On 21 April 2018, an in-principle approval was granted for establishing an AIIMS in Hyderabad.[26]

AIIMS Delhi Extension (Jhajjar)

The second campus of AIIMS New Delhi (AIIMS-II), spread over 330 acres of land was visualized during tenure of Prof. T D Dogra as Director AIIMS New Delhi and Dr. Ambumani Ramadoss(President AIIMS), Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in 2009 at Badhsa village in Haryana`s Jhajjar district. AIIMS-II is to be developed as the largest medical education centre for super-specialities in the world.[27] Its beginning was launched on 30 May 2012. It is being built at a cost of 10 billion (US$140 million).[28][29][30] Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated outreach OPD of AIIMS on 24 November 2012.[31][32] IIT Delhi is also planning to set up an extension near the proposed AIIMS. The new campus will collaborate with AIIMS in the fields of biological science, pharmacology and chemical engineering.[33] The Government is also planning to open a national cancer institute within the campus of AIIMS Jhajjar.[34]

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