About Aiimspatna

Description

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna (AIIMS Patna) is a Hospital, Institute Of National Importance, Medical College, and Medical Research Institution based in the Phulwari Sharif area in the capital city of Patna, Bihar. The Institute was previously known as Jaya Prakash Narayan All India Institute of Medical Sciences (JPNAIIMS). AIIMS Patna started its operations on 25th September 2012 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. After AIIMS Delhi, the Government of India decided to set up five new AIIMS across India in 2004, and AIIMS Patna was one of them. The foundation of the Institute was laid by Bairon Singh Shekhawat(Former Vice President) on 3rd January 2004. AIIMS Patna comprises different departments - The OPD block, IPD block, Trauma and Emergency block, and a separate AYUSH and PMR building. The institute has 34 acres of campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure. As of 2020, AIIMS Patna has 820 beds, 28 functional modular operating theatres, 12 functional super-specialties, and 18 functional specialties along with a 30,000 kilo-liter capacity oxygen tank installed on its campus. Talking about the medical college, AIIMS Patna is a residential medical institute with undergraduates, post-graduates, and Doctoral courses. The medical college includes various pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical departments. Each department has its own seminar rooms and well-equipped laboratories. The medical college has a total of four lecture theatres on its premises. All of them are equipped with centralized air conditioning, projectors, and many other technologically advanced facilities. It also comprises e-classrooms for conducting various seminars.