Established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Post-graduate Medical Education in all its branches, All India Institute of Medical Sciences is is institute of national importance and demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient-care. As provided in the Act, AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and para-medical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines. In the field of medical research AIIMS is the lead, having more than 600 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year.

Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre- and Para-clinical departments. AIIMS also manages a 60-beded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 2.5 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine. The hospital has a total of 1766 beds, 1323 doctors (incl. Faculty members, Sr. and Jr. Residents) and 1810 Nurses.There are 583 hospitals and nursing homes in Delhi as on date in the year 2008. Many new hospitals are also coming up. Delhi has the technology, super-specialists and sound infrastructure to take on international competition.