All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur
Motto	IAST: Swasthya-rakshanaya cha vikar-prashamanya cha
Type	Public
Established	February 24, 2019; 5 years ago
President	Desh Deepak Verma
Director	Dr. Ajai Singh
Students	800
Location	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India; 26°44′47″N 83°25′11″E / 26.7465°N 83.4198°E
Campus	Urban, 112 acres (0.45 km2)
Website	aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur better known as AIIMS Gorakhpur is a public medical university located in the Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the 20 operational AIIMS in India. It is one of the four "Phase-IV" All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) announced in July 2014.^[2]

History

In July 2014,^[3] in the budget speech for 2014–15, the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of ₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹799 crore or US$96 million in 2023) for setting up four new AIIMS, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh,^[3] the so-called "Phase-IV" institutes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Gorakhpur on 22 July 2016.^[4] An outpatient department (OPD) started on 24 February 2019^[5] and the first batch of 50 MBBS students started later that year, making it one of six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019.^[6] Surekha Kishor was appointed director in March 2020.^[7]

Academics

It started operation of an 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 Surekha 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 confine students in their rooms.^[8]^[9]