AIIMS 52nd ANNUAL REPORT 2007–2008 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 Smriti Hari, Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis Dr Venkata Karthikeyan C, Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Dr Neena Malhotra, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Sushma Sagar, Assistant Professor, JPNA Trauma Centre Dr Peush Sahni, Additional 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 February 2009 Printed at Saurabh Printers Pvt. Ltd., A-16, Sector-IV, Noida (UP) All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1956 as an institution of national importance. Its main objectives were 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. AIIMS has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient care. Medical and paramedical courses are taught at AIIMS. The institution awards its own undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 50 disciplines. AIIMS plays a leading role in the field of medical research, having more than 1400 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year. AIIMS also has a College of Nursing, which awards BSc (Hons) Nursing and BSc Nursing (Post-certificate) degrees. Twenty-five clinical departments, including six superspecialty centres, manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre-clinical and para-clinical departments. AIIMS also runs a 60-bedded hospital at 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 2007–2008 Year of establishment 1956 Teaching Departments and Centres 50 Medical graduates 2229 Faculty members (sanctioned 620) 453 Postgraduates 6759 Non-faculty staff (sanctioned 8572) 6785 Nursing graduates 1589 Undergraduate students 640 Publications/abstracts in journals 1424 Postgraduate students 1021 Books/monographs/chapters in books 194 Hospital Services Facility Outpatients Admissions Surgery Beds General Private Main Hospital 15,28,238 83,852 77,852 861 177 R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences 4,37,817 27,917 26,949 280 21 Dr B.R. Ambedkar Institute 80,244 21,535 3,927 167 15 Rotary Cancer Hospital Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre 1,33,799 11,147 3,393 166 14 Neurosciences Centre 93,245 6,950 3,000 166 14 National Drug Dependence 36,513 1,134 – 50 – Treatment Centre Jai Prakash Narayan Apex 6,683 3,362 3,321 30 – Trauma Centre Average bed occupancy 78.5% Average period of hospital stay 5.4 days Net death rate 2.7% Infection rate (crude) 8.26% CONTENTS 1. Director’s Review................................................................................................................. 1 2. The Institute and its Committees. ......................................................................................... 5 3. Academic Section. .............................................................................................................. 10 4. Examination Section. ........................................................................................................... 23 5. General Administration........................................................................................................27 6. Main Hospital. ..................................................................................................................... 31 6.1 Division of Emergency Medicine ........................................................................................ 40 7. College of Nursing. ............................................................................................................. 50 8. Research Section. ............................................................................................................... 55 9. DEPARTMENTS 9.1 Anaesthesiology .................................................................................................................. 88 9.2 Anatomy .............................................................................................................................. 97 9.3 Biochemistry ...................................................................................................................... 111 9.4 Biomedical Engineering......................................................................................................123 9.5 Biophysics ..........................................................................................................................127 9.6 Biostatistics ........................................................................................................................131 9.7 Biotechnology.....................................................................................................................137 9.8 Centre for Community Medicine .......................................................................................144 9.9 Dermatology and Venereology...........................................................................................158 9.10 Endocrinology and Metabolism ..........................................................................................166 9.11 Forensic Medicine ..............................................................................................................172 9.12 Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition .............................................................................176 9.13 Gastrointestinal Surgery .....................................................................................................186 9.14 Haematology ......................................................................................................................191 9.15 Hospital Administration ......................................................................................................204 9.16 Laboratory Medicine.......................................................................................................... 211 9.17 Medicine .............................................................................................................................224 9.18 Microbiology .......................................................................................................................246 9.19 Nephrology .........................................................................................................................259 9.20 Nuclear Medicine...............................................................................................................266 9.21 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ...........................................................................................271 9.22 Obstetrics and Gynaecology ..............................................................................................277 9.23 Orthopaedics ......................................................................................................................304 9.24 Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) ...............................................................................................325 9.25 Paediatrics ..........................................................................................................................337 9.26 Paediatric Surgery .............................................................................................................361 9.27 Pathology ............................................................................................................................369 9.28 Pharmacology..................................................................................................................... 386 9.29 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ................................................................................393 9.30 Physiology ..........................................................................................................................398 9.31 Psychiatry...........................................................................................................................410 9.32 Radiodiagnosis ...................................................................................................................420 9.33 Reproductive Biology .........................................................................................................435 9.34 Surgical Disciplines ............................................................................................................440 9.35 Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics ...................................................................453 9.36 Urology ...............................................................................................................................459 10 CENTRES 10.1 Cardiothoracic