53rd AIIMS ANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009 All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110029 Edited jointly by: Dr Sunil Chumber, Additional Professor, Department of Surgical Disciplines and Sub-Dean (Academic) Dr Tanuj Dada, Associate Professor, Dr R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences Dr Venkata Karthikeyan C, Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) Dr S.K. Maulik, Professor, Department of Pharmacology Dr Raj D. Mehra, Professor, Department of Anatomy Dr Kameshwar Prasad, Professor, Department of Neurology Dr S. Rastogi, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics Dr Sushma Sagar, Assistant Professor, JPNA Trauma Centre Dr Peush Sahni, Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Dr Pratap Sharan, Professor, Department of Psychiatry Dr D.N. Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dr BRA, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital Dr Subrata Sinha, Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry Dr Sanjay Kumar Sood, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology Dr Sachin Talwar, Assistant Professor, Department of C.T.V.S. February 2010 Printed at Saurabh Printers Pvt. Ltd., A-16, Sector-IV, NOIDA (U.P.) All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was established in 1956 as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India; to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity and to attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education. The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient-care. AIIMS conducts teaching programmes in medical and para-medical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 50 disciplines. In the field of medical research AIIMS is the leader, having more than 1500 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year. AIIMS also runs a College of Nursing, training students for B. Sc. (Hons.) Nursing nd B. Sc. Nursing (Post-Certificate) degrees. Twenty-five clinical departments including six super-speciality centres manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre-clinical and para-clinical departments. AIIMS also runs a 60-bedded hospital and the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 7.7 lakh people through the Centre for Community Medicine. AIIMS AT A GLANCE 2008–2009 Year of establishment 1956 Teaching Departments and Centres 50 Medical graduates 2276 Faculty members (Sanctioned 625) 446 Postgraduates 7111 Non-faculty staff (Sanctioned 9312) 7356 Nursing graduates 1638 No. of Undergraduate students 651 Publications in journals 1592 No. of Postgraduate students 1023 Chapters in Books/monographs 285 HOSPITAL SERVICES OPD Admission Surgery Bed (Gen.) Bed (Pvt.) Main Hosp. 1507786 174353 79578 1486 125 Dr.R.P. Centre 400914 29642 29276 280 21 Dr.BRA,IRCH 74280 23822 6651 167 15 C.T. Centre 227737 10614 3477 166 14 N.S. Centre 100074 6396 2741 166 14 C.C.M. 166886 29033 — 50 — JPNAT Centre 37177 19226 1128 30 — Average bed occupancy 79.9% Average period of hospital stay 5.9 days Net death rate 2.7% Infection rate (Crude) 7.60% CONTENTS 1. Director’s Review .................................................................................................................. 1 2. Institute Body, AIIMS ........................................................................................................... 5 3. Academic Section ............................................................................................................... 12 4. Examination Section ............................................................................................................ 25 5. General Administration ........................................................................................................31 6. Main Hospital ...................................................................................................................... 33 7. College of Nursing .............................................................................................................. 50 8. Research Section ................................................................................................................ 57 9. Departments 9.1 Anaesthesiology .................................................................................................................102 9.2 Anatomy ............................................................................................................................. 116 9.3 Biochemistry ......................................................................................................................137 9.4 Biomedical Engineering......................................................................................................151 9.5 Biophysics ..........................................................................................................................156 9.6 Biostatistics ........................................................................................................................160 9.7 Biotechnol ogy ...................................................................................................................168 9.8 Centre for Community Medicine .......................................................................................177 9.9 Dermatology and Venereology...........................................................................................205 9.10 Endocrinology and Metabolism ..........................................................................................213 9.11 Forensic Medicine ..............................................................................................................222 9.12 Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition .............................................................................226 9.13 Gastrointestinal Surgery .....................................................................................................238 9.14 Hematology ........................................................................................................................242 9.15 Hospital Administration ......................................................................................................259 9.16 Laboratory Medicine..........................................................................................................271 9.17 Medicine .............................................................................................................................287 9.18 Microbiology .......................................................................................................................318 9.19 Nephrology .........................................................................................................................334 9.20 Nuclear Medicine...............................................................................................................341 9.21 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ...........................................................................................346 9.22 Obstetrics and Gynaecology ..............................................................................................354 9.23 Orthopaedics ......................................................................................................................387 9.24 Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) ...............................................................................................409 9.25 Paediatrics ..........................................................................................................................420 9.26 Paediatric Surgery ............................................................................................................. 448 9.27 Pathology ........................................................................................................................... 462 9.28 Pharmacology .................................................................................................................... 481 9.29 Physical medicine and Rehabilitation ................................................................................. 490 9.30 Physiology ......................................................................................................................... 495 9.31 Psychiatry .......................................................................................................................... 507 9.32 Radio-Diagnosis ................................................................................................................. 516 9.33 Reproductive Biology ........................................................................................................ 535 9.34 Surgical Disciplines ............................................................................................................ 541 9.35 Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics ................................................................... 554 9.36 Urology .............................................................................................................................. 563 10. Centres 10.1 Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre ........................................................................................