All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur

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{{Infobox university
| name = All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur
| native_name =
| image_name = All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur Logo.png
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| caption =
| motto = [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Swasthya-rakshanaya cha vikar-prashamanya cha}}
| mottoeng =
| established = {{start date|2019}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| endowment =
| president = Ambrish Mithal<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification of President nomination |url=http://pmssy-mohfw.nic.in/files/Gorakhpur_gz.pdf |accessdate=15 January 2020 |date=19 July 2019}}</ref>
| dean =
| director = Surekha Kishor
| academic_staff =
| city = [[Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh|Gorakhpur]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| postalcode =
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.7465|N|83.4198|E|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| faculty =
| students = 175
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| website = {{URL|https:Aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in}}
| affiliations =
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[[File:AIIMS Gorakhpur.jpg|thumb|AIIMS Gorakhpur]]
'''All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur''' ('''AIIMS Gorakhpur''') is a [[public university|public]] [[medical school]] located in the [[Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh|Gorakhpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India and one of the [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences]]. It is one of the four "Phase-IV" All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) announced in July 2014.

==History==

In July 2014,<ref name=phase4news>{{cite news|title=5 more IIMs, IITs and four more AIIMS to be set up|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/5-more-iims-iits-and-four-more-aiims-to-be-set-up/story-2g4Q7A2NottKsqQs3Kn0oK.html|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=10 July 2014|language=en}}</ref> in the budget speech for 2014–15, the [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] [[Arun Jaitley]] announced a budget of {{INRConvert|500|c|year=2014}} for setting up four new AIIMS, in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[West Bengal]], the [[Vidarbha]] region of [[Maharashtra]] and the [[Purvanchal]] region in [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref name=phase4news/> the so-called "Phase-IV" institutes. Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Gorakhpur on 22 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS-Gorakhpur|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53336719.cms|accessdate=7 March 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 July 2016|language=en}}</ref> An [[Outpatient clinic (hospital department)|outpatient department]] (OPD) started on 24 February 2019<ref>{{cite news|title=AIIMS OPD starts in Gorakhpur|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/aiims-opd-starts-in-gorakhpur/articleshow/68175382.cms|accessdate=7 March 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 February 2019|language=en}}</ref> and the first batch of 50 [[MBBS]] students started later that year, making it one of six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019.<ref name=status>{{cite press release|title=Establishment and Upgradation of Hospitals under PMSSY |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=195310 |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=pib.gov.in |date=3 December 2019|publisher=Press Information Bureau}}</ref> Surekha Kishor was appointed director in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tandon|first=Aditi|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/govt-names-directors-for-6-aiims-50900|title=Govt names directors for 6 AIIMS|date=4 March 2020|work=[[The Tribune]]|access-date=5 March 2020|url-status=live|language=English}}</ref>

== Academics ==
It started operation of an [[Outpatient clinic (hospital department)|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 Surekka 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 imprison students in their rooms.<ref>{{cite news |title=गोरखपुर एम्स के छात्रों को कमरे में बंद कर किया टॉर्चर, गार्डों पर मारपीट का आरोप, बेहोश हुए छात्र |url=https://www.amarujala.com/gorakhpur/gorakhpur-aiims-students-tortured-by-guards-two-students-injured?pageId=3 |access-date=26 January 2021 |publisher=Amar Ujala |date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Satish Chand |title=Gorakhpur AIIMS: डायरेक्टर के खिलाफ मेडिकल छात्र सड़क पर उतरे, थाने पहुंचे |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-medical-students-protest-against-gorakhpur-aiims-director-21307187.html |access-date=26 January 2021 |publisher=Jagran |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli|AIIMS Raebareli]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|https://aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in/}}

{{All India Institutes of Medical Sciences}}

[[Category:All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|Gorakhpur]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2019]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 2019]]
[[Category:2019 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Education in Gorakhpur]]

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