What is the full form of AIIMS?

AIIMS: All India Institute Medical Science.

AIIMS stand for All-India Institute of Medical Sciences.It was established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Post-graduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India.It operates under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India).It also bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity and to attain self-sufficiency in Post-graduate Medical Education.AIIMS is governed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act 1956.

The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient-care. As provided in the Act, AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and para-medical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines. In the field of medical research AIIMS is the lead, having more than 600 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year. AIIMS also runs a College of Nursing and trains students for B.Sc. Hons.( Nursing post-certificate) degrees.

Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre- and Para-clinical departments. However, burn cases, dog-bite cases and patients suffering from infectious diseases are not entertained in the AIIMS Hospital. AIIMS also manages a 60-beded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 2.5 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine.

Objectives of AIIMS

• To develop a pattern of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India.
• To bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of the personnel in all important branches of the health activity.
• To attain self sufficiency in postgraduate in medical education.

Main Functions of AIIMS

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in medical and related physical biological sciences.
  Nursing and dental education Innovations in education.
• Producing medical teachers for the country.
• Research in medical and related sciences.
• Community based teaching and research
• Health care : Preventive, promotive and curative; primary, secondary & tertiary.

• Community based teaching and research.