page_title: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
hierarchical_section_title: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
caption_attribution_description: English: Main block of Amritha Medical College, Cochin. മലയാളം: കൊച്ചി ഇടപ്പള്ളിയിലുള്ള അമൃത മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജിന്റെ പ്രധാന ബ്ലോക്ക്.
context_page_description: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, also referred to as Amrita Hospital, is a super-specialty quaternary care health center and medical school in Kochi, India. It is one of the largest medical facilities in the country with a total built-up area of over 3.33 million sq.ft, spread over 125 acres of land. It is a 1,450-bed hospital which supports a daily patient volume of about 3,000 outpatients with 95 percent inpatient occupancy. It was inspired by Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of Mata Amritanandamayi. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is its parent organisation. Ron Gottsegen is the executive director and Prem Nair is the medical director of AIMS. Dr..Vishal Marwaha is the Principal/Dean of AIMS.
  AIMS is part of the Health Sciences campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The hospital has received the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation and also enjoys accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories for its laboratories and the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers NABH for the hospital overall.
context_section_description: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), also referred to as Amrita Hospital, is a super-specialty quaternary care health center and medical school in Kochi, India. It is one of the largest medical facilities in the country with a total built-up area of over 3.33 million sq.ft, spread over 125 acres of land. It is a 1,450-bed hospital which supports a daily patient volume of about 3,000 outpatients with 95 percent inpatient occupancy. It was inspired by  Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of Mata Amritanandamayi. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is its parent organisation. Ron Gottsegen is the executive director and  Prem Nair is the medical director of AIMS. Dr.(Col).Vishal Marwaha is the Principal/Dean of AIMS.
  AIMS is part of the Health Sciences campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University). The hospital has received the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation and also enjoys accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for its laboratories and the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers NABH for the hospital overall. In April 2019, AIMS was ranked the fifth best medical college in India by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in their annual NIRF rankings.
caption: Main block
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