All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur explained

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur
Motto:IAST
President:Desh Deepak Verma[1]
Director:G. K. Pal
Postalcode:273008
Country:India
Students:800
Campus Size:112acres

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur better known as AIIMS Gorakhpur is a public medical university located in the Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the 20 operational AIIMS in India. It is one of the four "Phase-IV" All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) announced in July 2014.[2]

History

In July 2014,[3] in the budget speech for 2014–15, the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of for setting up four new AIIMS, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh,[3] the so-called "Phase-IV" institutes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Gorakhpur on 22 July 2016.[4] An outpatient department (OPD) started on 24 February 2019[5] and the first batch of 50 MBBS students started later that year, making it one of six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019.[6] Surekha Kishor was appointed director in March 2020.[7]

Academics

It started operation of an outpatient department (OPD) in February 2019 and started MBBS courses later that year, making it one of the six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019.

Controversy

The executive director of AIIMS Gorakhpur, Dr Surekha Kishore was alleged to have forced medical students to show her their private messages and files on their mobile phones. It was also alleged she directed guards of the institutes to confine students in their rooms.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notification of President nomination . 15 January 2020 . 19 July 2019.
  2. Web site: AIIMS Gorakhpur: मरीजों को नहीं मिल रहे कॉटन, बैंडेज और ग्लूकोज .
  3. News: 5 more IIMs, IITs and four more AIIMS to be set up. 4 August 2017. Hindustan Times. 10 July 2014. en.
  4. News: PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS-Gorakhpur. 7 March 2019. The Times of India. 22 July 2016. en.
  5. News: AIIMS OPD starts in Gorakhpur. 7 March 2019. The Times of India. 27 February 2019. en.
  6. Establishment and Upgradation of Hospitals under PMSSY . 4 December 2019 . pib.gov.in . 3 December 2019. Press Information Bureau.
  7. News: Tandon. Aditi. Govt names directors for 6 AIIMS. 4 March 2020. The Tribune. 5 March 2020. English.
  8. News: गोरखपुर एम्स के छात्रों को कमरे में बंद कर किया टॉर्चर, गार्डों पर मारपीट का आरोप, बेहोश हुए छात्र . 26 January 2021 . Amar Ujala . 25 January 2021.
  9. News: Shukla . Satish Chand . Gorakhpur AIIMS: डायरेक्टर के खिलाफ मेडिकल छात्र सड़क पर उतरे, थाने पहुंचे . 26 January 2021 . Jagran . 25 January 2021.