All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati (AIIMS Guwahati) is a

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and hospital based in

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(near

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

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, India, and one of the

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(AIIMSs). On 26 May 2017, Honorable Prime Minister Shri.

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laid the foundation stone of the Institute. 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. The Institute became operational with 50

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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

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mentoring it. 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

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