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

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. Minister for Health and Family Welfare, serves as the president. It is one of the

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in India.

History

In 2004, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure, 2the project was delayed owing to the power shift at the centre. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the

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on 27 August 2012. This bill also replaced a recent Ordinance which allowed the six

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institutes to become operational from September 2012.

passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill on 30 August 2012. The proposed measure will help the Centre change the status of its six new AIIMS institutes registered under the

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to be an autonomous body corporated on the lines of the existing

in Delhi. The AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the

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on 3 September 2012. The

passed the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on 4 September 2012. AIIMS started its academic sessions in August 2012. A 200-bed hospital at AIIMS Rishikesh was inaugurated by then Union Health and Family Welfare Minister

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on 10 February 2014.

Hospital

, AIIMS Rishikesh hospital has 960 beds, 25 functional modular operating theatres, 17 functional super speciality and 18 speciality functional.

Medical College and Nursing College

AIIMS started its

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course with 50 students and now has an intake capacity of 125 students per year from year 2020. Nursing College has an intake of 100 students per year.

Directors

* Raj Kumar (2012–2016) *Sanjeev Misra (2016–2017) * Ravi Kant (2017–2021) *Arvind Rajvanshi (2021–2022, additional charge) *Meenu Singh (2022–present)

References

External links

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Rishikesh Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand. It is situated on the right bank of the Ganges River and is a pilgrimage town for Hindus, with ancient sages and saints meditati ...