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1. Director’s Review I feel privileged to present the Fifty-ninth Annual Report and audited statement of accounts for the year 2014–2015. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi made great progress in this period in improving the health of the people of India and neighbouring countries. AIIMS, New Delhi also continued to inspire and train its faculty and students to prepare for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. I am pleased to highlight in this report a few of our remarkable achievements. Established in 1956 by an Act of the Indian Parliament with the objective of developing a strong curricular foundation for undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare education in India based on Rajkumari Amrit Kaur’s vision, AIIMS, New Delhi continually seeks to achieve a high standard of healthcare education, research and service. It is recognized world-wide as India’s best medical institution that combines excellent medical education with cutting-edge research and quality healthcare. In addition, this year we pledged to make AIIMS, India’s first public hospital to become completely environment-friendly so that it can rightfully carry the ‘green healthcare tag.’ Going Green AIIMS, New Delhi supported by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) set in motion wheels of change towards going green. AIIMS plans to conserve energy, maximise use of solar energy and other natural resources, reduce water consumption, have in place water conservation and waste water recycling systems, and work on urban heat island effect to reduce microclimate heat by 3 oC, energy consumption by 30% and water consumption by 50%. Towards this end, we undertook an extensive energy audit and created a data centre for superior energy-saving performance with the help of Hitachi India. The demonstration project will enable the tracking and visualisation of the hospital’s overall energy use by putting an information technology system environment in place and through upgradation to very efficient systems and equipments. Education AIIMS, New Delhi is expanding to meet the demands of our rapidly evolving profession. The Anaesthesiology Unit of Dr B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital was upgraded to a Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care with two new courses: MD (Palliative Medicine) and DM (Onco-Anaesthesiology). AIIMS, New Delhi continues to educate the next generation of leaders in medicine and science. AIIMS topped India Today’s best medical schools league table for the 12th year in a row by earning the top scores in all parameters under consideration. This it achieved by fostering a rich learning environment, in terms of clinical exposure to varied patient groups and myriad diseases, integrated care under experts from diverse fields, innovative teaching, and a work culture that puts the ‘patient first.’ With its 7 centres comprising of various teaching departments and facilities and 39 stand-alone Departments, and a manpower of over 10,000 including over 600 faculty members, AIIMS, New Delhi produces a large number of specialists (MD/MS), super-specialists (DM/MCh), PhD scholars and allied health and basic sciences experts, including nurses and paramedical professionals. During the year, we enrolled 798 scholars in various courses. AIIMS has introduced a new learning management system to support the AIIMS 2014-2015 / 1 Some Quotes curriculum. It utilizes information technology to build a comprehensive calendar of events from students and provide a mechanism for real-time feedback. By training young innovators to creatively ask and solve complex scientific questions, AIIMS is preparing them for “I have seen challenging careers in biomedical research, academia and industry. underprivileged Under its short term training scheme, the Institute provided postgraduate training to 722 people fall through short-term trainees, 19 long-term trainees, 12 WHO fellows (foreign nationals) under the cracks of our healthcare system. the WHO fellowship programme, and 12 WHO fellows (Indian nationals) under the As a doctor, I will WHO-in-country fellowship training programme. AIIMS, New Delhi also continued to help reduce play a mentorship role for AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and disparities in care.” Rishikesh; and conducted entrance examinations and counselling leading to final selection of students to the MBBS and BSc (Hons) Nursing courses for them. AIIMS continually reviews how medicine and science are taught so as to nurture a passion for scholarship and innovation. AIIMS expanded the use of technical aids such “The country has as animations and videos across various specializations like surgery, orthopaedics and contributed radiotherapy. The Anatomy department expanded its e-Learning facility to facilitate immensely to my “Blended Learning;” and the Department of Anaesthesia consolidated the use of its education at AIIMS. state-of-the-art high-fidelity Human Patient Simulation system and Anaesthesia Skills I hope to repay the Laboratory to provide training to students and trainees. country’s trust by a relentless pursuit of AIIMS continues to provide innovative instructional opportunities to an expanding number excellence in of learners both nationally and regionally. AIIMS offered Continuing Medical Education healthcare and to thousands of physicians and healthcare professionals to help improve skills, increase research.” knowledge and improve performance. We organized/hosted over 150 workshops, symposia, conferences and training programmes in collaboration with various national and international agencies. The Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics conducted courses in Essential Newborn Care and Sick Newborn Care with skill learning “I wish to pursue at participating institutions. Courses were administered to students from Maldives, Sri translational research Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius and India. The Department of Neurology as it helps convert initiated a regular continuing medical education programme on multiple sclerosis. The academic science to Jai Prakash Narayan Advanced Trauma Centre (JPNATC) continues to make a major a science that contribution towards capacity building in improving trauma care across India. The impacts people’s Department of Surgical Disciplines trained more than 100 surgeons from all over India lives.” in laparoscopic surgery at the Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Centre. The Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences (RPCOS) created a new surgical training facility ‘National Surgical Skill Development Centre’ for training in ophthalmic surgical skills. The Organ Retrieval and Banking Organization (ORBO) conducted training programmes on cadaver organ and tissue donation process for nurses. And, the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) continued to be heavily invested in capacity building for states in India and for neighbouring countries. These continuing education programmes were designed to meet the needs of medical and research professionals whose work requires a deeper understanding of health systems, healthcare and science. The general public also benefits from the guid ance of trusted AIIMS health publications. The Organ Retrieval and Banking Organization (ORBO) conducted awareness campaigns on organ and tissue donation. Similar awareness campaigns were organized by the Department of Neurology for epilepsy. Bon-D-Light Express, a joint initiative of AIIMS and HEAL Foundation, in collaboration with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals undertook a journey spanning 15 cities to create awareness about Vitamin D and its importance for a person’s health and wellness. AIIMS 2014-2015 / 2 Patient care A measure of The hospital has been able to maintain high standards of quality while seeing large numbers faith of patients at very low cost to patients. The AIIMS main hospital and its centres - Be it the Ebola Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre (CN Centre), Jai Prakash Narain Apex Trauma scare or dengue Centre (JPNATC), Dr B.R. Ambedkar Institute-Rotary Cancer Hospital (BRAIRCH), outbreak, AIIMS Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences (RPCOS), Centre for Dental Education continues to be and Research (CDER), National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) - have a India’s go to total bed strength of 2439, including day care beds. During the year 2014-2015, AIIMS centre. attended to about 33.41 lakh outpatients and 2.11 lakh inpatients and performed over 1.5 lakh surgical procedures at optimal patient care service parameters with average bed occupancy of about 86%, and average hospital stay of about 5.5 days. The AIIMS hospital reported a net death rate of about 2%. While AIIMS advanced the delivery of healthcare Voice of in India, it also took up a leadership role in service delivery for the developing world, conscience particularly for South and Southeast Asia. Faculty of AIIMS AIIMS, New Delhi successfully computerized its appointment process and hence could initiated the provide unique health identification (UHID) number to all its patients. The UHID enables Society for Less people to seek an appointment with their doctors through the Institute’s patient portal. A Investigative mobile application was launched to facilitate booking of appointments and checking laboratory Medicine reports. AIIMS has sought support from Helpage India to assist elderly and children in (SLIM)-a receiving priority for OPD appointments online. Further, a ‘Nursing Informatics’ programme movement that was launched to train employees