All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati

Medical school in Assam, India

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati (India)

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati (AIIMS Guwahati) is a public medical institute and hospital based in Guwahati, Assam under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government Of India ,and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). On 26 May 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Institute.^[1] The institute was inaugurated on 14 April 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.^[2] The institute has an annual intake of 100 MBBS students. The academic activity for the first batch of 50 MBBS students started in January 2021.

Academics

The academic programme for the first batch of MBBS students was inaugurated on 12 January 2021 by the then Honorable Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr.Harsh Vardhan.^[3] The Institute became operational with 50 MBBS students, and is one of the four AIIMSs to become operational in academic year 2020-21. The Institute was initially functioning from a temporary campus at Narakasur Hilltop of Gauhati Medical College, with AIIMS Bhubaneswar mentoring it.^[4] The Institute has shifted to its permanent campus in March 2022. On 14 April 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated AIIMS, Guwahati and three other medical colleges.^[5]

Patient Services

The Institute will have a 750-bedded hospital with more than 25 specialty and super-specialty departments. This is apart from the outpatient services and the diagnostic services. There will also be a separate facility for providing services under AYUSH.

References

^ "PM lays foundation of Guwahati AIIMS". Business Standard. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate AIIMS Guwahati, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma". The Times of India. 24 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Union health minister inaugurates AIIMS Guwahati academic programme". Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Inaugural academic programme of AIIMS Guwahati held". The Shillong Times. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "PM Modi Dedicates Northeast's 1st AIIMS, 3 New Medical Colleges In Assam". NDTV. Retrieved 30 April 2023.