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All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) (created 1956) is a medical college and hospital in India, and is an autonomous institution funded by India's Union Government. It is located in Delhi.
It is considered as the best medical college and public hospital in the countryand is globally recognised for providing low-cost medical care to a large number of patients.Most of India's VIPs (Legislators, Ministers, Judges in particular) utilize AIIMS as their primary hospital, which contributes to ensuring the maintenance of high standards. Recently, medical professionals from various Asian, European and American countries have begun coming to AIIMS to train, as the exposure to various diseases attained there is rare in most other institutions.

AIIMS has been consistently ranked the top medical college in India to pursue an MBBS degree by India Today in annual surveys starting in 1997.

The hospital has been able to maintain high standards of quality while seeing large numbers of patients (3.5 million in 2006) at very low cost to patients (10 Indian Rupees for outpatient doctor consultation equivalent to approx US $0.25), many of whom live in extreme poverty.

The courses offered by the institute are:

  • MBBS ( Annual intake of 77 students)
  • MD/MS (Annual intake of around 217-220 students in 24 disciplines)
  • DM/MCh (in 12 and 5 disciplines respectively)
  • BSc courses in Nursing, Paramedical and medical specialities (Annual intake of 70 students in BSc hons and 51 in paramedical courses)
  • BSc (Honours) Human Biology (Till 2002)
  • MSc many specialities
  • MBiotech
  • All the PG courses Etc and everything
  • PhD in 47 disciplines.

Achievements

  • AIIMS is the first Indian center to perform a successful cardiac transplant. The surgery was performed by Dr.P Venugopal, the ex director of AIIMS in 1994.
  • AIIMS is a leader in Stem Cell therapy, especially Cardiac and Neurological.
  • AIIMS has India's first and only minimally invasive surgery training centre, under collaboration with Germany.
  • It is a pioneer of robotic surgeries in India, particularly the Da Vinci system for urology, and robotic CTVS.

MBBS course

Every year AIIMS accepts 45 Indian students, of which 33 belong to General Category and 11 belong to the reserved category (SC/ST) and 1 orthopedic physically handicapped, based on the results of an all-India entrance examination for its MBBS program.

Post-graduate courses

There are about forty-two speciality post-graduate courses conducted at AIIMS. The entry is through a nationwide competitive examination held every six months.

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