Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute Of Medical Sciences And Dr. RML Hospital
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, formerly Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), New Delhi is a medical training and research institute located in New Delhi, India. It is attached with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. The institute is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. As a post-graduate medical and research institute, it was founded in 2009. In 2019, It started MBBS course with 100 seats.
History
The inauguration of the college was done by the Honourable Health Minister of India Dr. Harshwardhan on 16 August 2019 on the 1st death anniversary of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Shree Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The first batch of MBBS students joined the college in August 2019.
The Institute has senior faculties transferred from VMMC & Safdarjung hospital for non-clinical subjects followed by other teaching faculty from Dr. RML hospital. The current infrastructure will be enhanced further with a dedicated building for academics of undergraduates, 23-storey Hostel building for PGs,resident doctors and undergraduate students.
Affiliations
The Institute is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University under the Government of Delhi.
Infrastructure
The college runs in the PGIMER, New Delhi building attached to the Dr. RML hospital campus. It has state-of-the-art lecture theatres, dissection hall, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology labs and a state-of-the-art library.
Annual Fest
ABVIMS and Dr. RML Hospital hosts an annual fest called Revels. The annual cultural fest of ABVIMS, called REVELS 2023, took place, where singer Darshan Raval had come. In this three-day fest, there was a total footfall of 15,000. If we consider Delhi's medical colleges, it was the second-largest fest.
See also
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- PGIMER and Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow