All India Institute of Medical Sciences

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh (AIIMS Rishikesh) is a medical college and hospital based in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. The institute operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is one of the Institutes of National Importance in India. It was established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna’s first phase and supported to be an autonomous body by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012. It is recognized by National Medical Commission (NMC) with an annual intake of 100 MBBS seats, 854 seats in 40 disciplines of Postgraduate studies and 567 seats in 64 disciplines of Super-Specialization studies.

Since inception, AIIMS Rishikesh has actively innovated in curricula and teaching methods thus aspiring towards international standards, for example, the inclusion of humanities course as an integral part of MBBS training is to bring about a humane physician.

Adding to the natural beauty of Rishikesh there’s a vibrant campus life for students, faculty, and staff that is a special asset that AIIMS Rishikesh can particularly boast of. Be it through photography club or hiking expedition or even simply walking on Asthapath, members of the campus can enjoy the rich beauty of Rishikesh. The campus is spread in a sprawling green cover of over 200 acres with the scenic beauty around and state of the art infrastructure. The campus houses main medical college building, teaching hospital, Doctors staff Quarters, Resident doctor hostel, Boys and Girls hostel, Playground and offer Supportive facilities. There are very good spacious gallery type modern Lecture halls in the college and in the hospital. There are Examination halls, Common rooms for boys and girls & Demonstration rooms. The Institute is fully equipped with clinical Laboratories, Departmental Museums and Auditorium. Library and information center is located in a huge area with good collection of Medical Books, Indian & Foreign Journals with separate reading space for students & Teaching Staff and a Digital Library. There are facilities for Indoor and Outdoor Games and Sports with volleyball and badminton facilities.

AIIMS Hospital

As of 2019, AIIMS Rishikesh hospital has 1060 bed capacity. 24x7x365 Emergency services started in early 2017 and have now bifurcated into separate Trauma Surgery and Emergency Medicine services. It also has 25 functional modular operating theatres, 17 functional super speciality and 18 speciality functional. AIIMS Rishikesh has collaborated with IIT Roorkee and Patanjali Yogpeeth on various research endeavors, the latter to bolster AYUSH research. It has invested considerably in intramural research grants to expand the breadth and depth of research. It has a multi-diagnostic research unit to support lab-based studies. Besides, the Advanced Center of Continuous Professional Development provides ongoing support to faculty and other medical professionals for improving clinical, research, and teaching skills. Along with a growing footfall in routine outpatient clinics, 85 specialized clinics have been added since 2018-19.

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