All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati
File:All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati logo.png
TypePublic
Established2020
PresidentChitra Sarkar
DirectorAshok Puranik
Students200
Location, ,
26°15′08″N 91°41′44″E / 26.2523°N 91.6956°E / 26.2523; 91.6956Coordinates: 26°15′08″N 91°41′44″E / 26.2523°N 91.6956°E / 26.2523; 91.6956
CampusUrban, 189 acres (76 ha)
Websiteaiimsguwahati.ac.in

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati (AIIMS Guwahati) is a public medical school and hospital based in Changsari (near Guwahati), Assam, India, and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). On 26 May 2017, Honorable Prime Minister Shri.Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Institute.[1] The institute has an annual intake of 50 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.[2] 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.[3] The Institute has shifted to its permanent campus in March 2022.

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

  1. ^ "PM lays foundation of Guwahati AIIMS". Business Standard. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Union health minister inaugurates AIIMS Guwahati academic programme". Times of India. The Times of India. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Inaugural academic programme of AIIMS Guwahati held". The Shillong Times. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.