AIIMS can attain global excellence

Updated on: Sunday, October 24, 2010

PM Manmohan Singh feels that the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences could become one of the top 10 medical institutes in the world. The PM said changes in the AIIMS system were needed to attain this goal. “This is not going to be easy. But it can be done. The government, on its part, will support all endeavours in this direction,” he said.

Five hundred medical colleges needed
Projecting a need for 500 medical college in the next five years, the Medical Council of India (MCI) recommended that such institutions should each have at least 10 acres of land for a college and hospital and not more than 250 students.

“In colleges where there are 50 students, there should be 300 beds, 150 students 700 beds, 200 students 900 beds, and for 250 students 1,100 beds,” the recommendations said. “India should add 10,000 medical seats each year between 2012-16 to get at least 50,000 medical undergraduates over five years,” an MCI official said.

AIIMS can attain global excellence

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