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Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS)
Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS)
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 1998Existing or expanding (post-pilot)
Approach
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
- Lower-middle income (20-40%)
- Middle-income (40-60%)
- Higher middle-income (60-80%)
Health focus
- Primary care
- Secondary/tertiary care
Summary
The AIMS hospital provides affordable care as well as charitable care and offers a full range of primary and specialty care medical services as well as enabling cross-specialty consultation. AIMS was awarded medical university status by the state government of Kerala.Program goals
AIMS hospital seeks to provide affordable as well as charitable care, particularly to the poor, by offering a full range of primary and specialty care medical services as well as enabling cross-specialty consultation.
Key program components
The Institute has established several satellite hospitals in semi-urban and rural areas to serve the local populace. Students from the health sciences campus in Kochi are often posted to these hospitals, and doctors and other medical staff serve there as well. These satellite hospitals are linked to the 24/7 telemedicine service of AIMS Hospital. The technology allows for the transmission of a patient's medical records and images, and provides a live two-way audio and video link which, in case of an emergency, allows a general practitioner at the health center to connect with a specialist at AIMS.
Within the main institute, AIMS's infrastructure is comprised of a reference diagnostic clinical laboratory (including molecular biology and cytogenetics labs), a diagnostic imaging centre, a medical, dental, and nursing college, a pharmacy school and research facility, a computerised and networked Hospital Information System (HIS) and a radiology department.
Hospital at a glance:
Total beds: 1200
Total intensive care beds: 135
Total inpatients in 2005: 36122
Total outpatients in 2005: 4,24,703
Total Operation theatres: 22
Heart Operations in 2005: 2334
Total operations 2005: 15,371
Total floor space: 900,000 square feet (84,000 square meters)
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) and Research Centre is situated near Edapally in Kochi, India. It was inspired by Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on May 17, 1998 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is its parent organization. The Outpatient Department department receives 100-150 patients/day with an occupancy rate of 90-92 percent.
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