Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS)
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| Image = AIMS Cochin.jpg
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| Caption = Main block
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| coordinates = {{coord|10.0328|76.2930|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| Region = [[Edapally]], [[Kochi]]
| State = [[Kerala]]
| Country = India
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| HealthCare = Tertiary
| Funding = Non profit
| Type = Super-specialty
| Emergency = Yes
| Affiliation = Deemed University
| Patron = [[Mata Amritanandamayi]]
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| Beds = 1,450
| Founded = 1998
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| Website = {{Website|http://www.amritahospitals.org/|Official Website}}
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'''Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences''' ('''AIMS'''), also referred to as '''Amrita Hospital''', is a super-specialty [[quaternary care]] health center and [[medical school]] in [[Kochi]], [[India]]. It is one of the largest medical facilities in the country with a total built-up area of over 3.33 million sq.ft, spread over 125 acres of land.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Amrita Hospital|url=http://www.amritahospitals.org/SubPages/About-Amrita-Hospital|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> It is a 1,450-bed hospital which supports a daily patient volume of about 3,000 outpatients with 95 percent inpatient occupancy. It was inspired by [[Mata Amritanandamayi]] and inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by the then [[Prime Minister]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. The [[Mata Amritanandamayi Math]] is its parent organisation. Ron Gottsegen is the executive director and Prem Nair is the medical director of AIMS. Dr.(Col).Vishal Marwaha is the Principal/Dean of AIMS.

AIMS is part of the Health Sciences campus of [[Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham]] (Amrita University). The hospital has received the [[ISO 9001:2008]] accreditation and also enjoys accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for its laboratories and the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers [[NABH]] for the hospital overall. In April 2019, AIMS was ranked the fifth best medical college in India by the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in their annual [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]] rankings.<ref name="ranking">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/aims-among-top-25-med-colleges/articleshow/68822414.cms|title=Ernakulam AIMS among top 25 medical colleges| newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

==Overview==
Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS) offers facilities comprising 25 modern operating theatres, 210 equipped intensive-care beds, a fully computerised and networked [[Hospital Information System]] (HIS), a fully digital radiology department, a 24/7 telemedicine service and a clinical laboratory. This healthcare infrastructure with over 3,330,000 sq. ft of built-up area spread over 125 acres of land supports a daily patient volume of about 3000 outpatients and with a 95 percent inpatient occupancy.

Foundation stone for a second medical school and 2,000 bed hospital campus in [[Delhi]] National capital region was laid on May 9, 2016. This will be the second healthcare campus and medical school."<ref name="aims DELHI hospital">{{cite web
| url = http://www.amritapuri.org/64258/16-super-hospital.aum
| title = Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
| publisher =Amritapuri.org MA Math
}}</ref>


==Facilities==

The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences is the adjunct to the term "new universalism" coined by the [[World Health Organization]]. This healthcare infrastructure with over 33,30,000 ft² of built-up area spread over 125 acres of land supports a daily patient volume of about 3000 outpatients.

* Total beds: 1450
* Total [[intensive care]] beds: 210
* Total [[inpatients]] in 2010: 54,800
* Total [[outpatients]] in 2010: 6,15,000
* Total [[Operating theater|operation theatres]]: 25
* Heart [[Surgery|operations]] in 2005: 2334
* Total [[Surgery|operations]] 2005: 15,371
* Total floor space: 900,000 ft² (84,000 m²)

AIMS is engaged in creating a research department including [[biotechnology]], [[nanotechnology]], and [[implant research]]. It has received grants from the [[Indian government]] and is part of the [[Indo-U.S. collaboration]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==Research and development==

===Development of nanomedicine with ability to kill drug resistant cancer===
On 16 October 2012, AIMS announced that it had developed a nanomedicine for treating drug resistant cancer cells.<ref>{{cite web|title=AIMS develops new drug for leukaemia|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1301441.ece#|access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

==Awards==

===National Healthcare Excellence Award 2013===
In December 2013, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) awarded AIMS with the ‘National Healthcare Excellence Award 2013’ for the best hospital in the country.<ref name="newindianexpress.com">{{cite web|title=AIMS Receives 'Best Hospital' Award|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/AIMS-Receives-Best-Hospital-Award/2013/12/10/article1937878.ece|access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> The award is in recognition of the hospital's outstanding work toward the "betterment of healthcare" and its efficient and timely service.<ref name="newindianexpress.com"/>

===National Healthcare Excellence Awards 2016===
In September 2016, the Federation Of India Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) awarded AIMS with two 'Nation Healthcare Excellence Awards'. AIMS won the awards for the categories of 'Patient Safety' and 'Innovation in Medical Technology.' The 'Innovation in Medical Technology' award was accepted by Dr. Mahesh Kappanayil for developing a 3D printing model in congenital heart surgery. The 'Patient Safety' award was accepted by Dr. Sanjeev Singh for his work on patient safety and antibiotic stewardship.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nair|first1=Preetu|title=AIMS gets FICCI healthcare excellence award|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/AIMS-gets-FICCI-healthcare-excellence-award/articleshow/54366355.cms?|access-date=27 September 2016|agency=Times Of India}}</ref>

==Controversies==

===Nurses' strike demanding wage hike===
In December 2011, nurses at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre went on strike against the hospital management, demanding a wage hike. This was part of a series of statewide strikes by nurses throughout Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/February/international_February49.xml&section=international&col= |title=Kerala nurses' strike over pay intensifies pay spreads in |publisher=Khaleejtimes.com |date=2012-02-02 |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref> The strike was called when leaders of the United Nurses' Association claimed that they were beaten by members of the hospital staff. Later, police was summoned to stop the protests, and they resorted to batons to disperse the protestors. Management claimed that the operations would not be affected even if the nurses continued their indefinite strike.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2693744.ece |title=NATIONAL / KERALA : Nurses at Amrita on strike |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2011-12-07 |access-date=2012-08-08 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> They stated that hundreds of nursing graduates who were Amritanandamayi's devotees were waiting to server patients at the hospital.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2697619.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Nurses' strike at Amrita continues | date=2011-12-08}}</ref> Finally a consensus was reached between the hospital management and the protestors, wherein the charges against the protestors would be withdrawn by the hospital management and their demand for wage hike would be considered.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2912341.ece |title=Cities / Kochi : Nurses return to work at Kolenchery medical college |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2012-02-20 |access-date=2012-08-08 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

===Allegation of illegal drug trials===

In August 2012 [[Indiavision]] television channel reported that the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre and many hospitals in Kerala were testing new drugs on patients selected through free medical camps. Kerala minister for health, [[V. S. Sivakumar]] said the incident would be investigated. The accusations against the hospital were subsequently found to be false.

==Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = College
| WEEK_M_2019 = 16
| OUTLOOK_M_2019 = 15
| NIRF_M_2020 = 7
}}

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences was ranked 15th among medical colleges in India in 2019 by ''[[Outlook India]]''.<ref name="Rankings_OUTLOOK_M_2019" /> ''[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]'' ranked Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, 16th among medical colleges in India in 2019.<ref name=Rankings_WEEK_M_2019 /> Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences was ranked 7th among medical college in India by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]].<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_M_2020" />

==See also==
* [[List of medical colleges in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101018204719/http://aimshospital.org/ AIMS hospital website]

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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Colleges affiliated with the Kerala University of Health Sciences]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1999]]

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