All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Madurai (AIIMS Madurai) is an AIIMS public medical university of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India that is located at Thoppur near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. AIIMS Madurai was announced in 2015 and the institute was established in 2021.
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| Type | Public Medical School |
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| Established | 2021 |
| President | Prashant Lavania |
| Director | M. Hanumantha Rao |
| Students | 50 (per year) |
| Location | , , India 9°53′13″N 77°59′58″E / 9.887054°N 77.999495°E |
| Campus | Semi Urban 222 acres (90 ha) |
| Language | Tamil and English |
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The yearly MBBS intake is 50 and selection is done through NEET(UG).[1]
History
editThe AIIMS was officially announced on 28 February 2015, in the budget speech for 2015–16, where the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced five more AIIMS, in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Assam and Tamil Nadu and an "AIIMS-like" institute in Bihar.[2] Tamil Nadu had proposed five sites to set up an AIIMS. Besides Thoppur, Sengipatti (Thanjavur), Pudukottai town, Chengalpattu (Kanchipuram) and Perundurai (Erode) were considered.[3] In 2018, the union cabinet gave an official approval for the location, on a 222-acre lot in the Thoppur, near Madurai.[3][4][5]
By January 2019, the boundary wall of AIIMS Madurai campus was completed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Madurai in January 2019.[6] The state government handed over the land to the Government of India in February 2020.[1] In March 2021, the funding agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), extended assistance. The loan agreement was signed in February 2022.[7] The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) informed Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu Ma. Subramanian in February 2023 that the construction of AIIMS Madurai would begin by the end of 2024 and be completed by 2028.[8]
Healthcare
editMedical facilities
editThe AIIMS Madurai will have 15-20 super specialty departments.[4]
Hospital
editThe hospital will have around 750 beds. As per the current operational AIIMS data, it is expected that the hospital will cater to around 1500 OPD patients per day and around 1000 IPD patients per month.[4]
Academics
editAdmission
editLike all other AIIMS the institute select students for MBBS course through NEET(UG) annually.
Medical College
editThe institution runs a medical college within the campus. The medical college has 50 UG (MBBS) seats. As the construction of the campus is not completed, classes of the first batch were taken at the Ramanathapuram Medical College. The college started with 50 students in April 2022, from the academic session 2021–2022.[1][9]
References
edit- ^ a b c "AIIMS-Madurai delay is because of funding pattern, says Union Health Minister". www.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Full text of Budget 2015-16 speech". The Hindu. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b "New AIIMS to be set up at Thoppur in Madurai". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cabinet approves establishment of two new AIIMS at Tamil Nadu & Telangana under Pradhan MantriSwasthya Suraksha Yojana". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Madurai AIIMS to be ready in 45 months after Cabinet approval: Centre to HC". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Campus site still a vacant plot 3 years on, AIIMS Madurai 1st batch gets trained at govt college". theprint.in. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "AIIMS-Madurai has 2nd batch, but no building". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Shocked to know from JICA that Madurai AIIMS construction can begin only at 2024-end, says Health Minister". www.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Classes for 1st batch begin at AIIMS Madurai". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.