Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has informed that All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has been established at Sarita Vihar, New Delhi as an Autonomous Body under Ministry of AYUSH on All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) pattern with all the infrastructure including doctors/staff. The Institute has been dedicated to the Nation by Prime Minister of India on 17th October, 2017. The Institute is fully operational.
AIIA is a 200 bedded referral hospital and shall impart Post Graduate (PG) and Ph.D degree courses in Ayurveda. First batch of Post Graduate course has been started in 2016. Institute has also started Out-Patient Department (OPD) and In-Patient Department (IPD) facility with major specialties in Ayurveda.
The number of patients registered and treated during the last three years are as under:-
Out-Patient Department(OPD)
- Nov, 2015 – Dec, 2015 = 10,045**
- Jan, 2016 – Dec, 2016 = 1,22,243
- Jan, 2017 to Nov, 2017 = 1,57,638
** OPD started in November, 2015