All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) (Hindi: भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान) is a premier medical college and hospital in New Delhi, India. AIIMS is considered as one of the most prestigious medical colleges in India and is globally recognized for providing low-cost medical care to a large number of patients. It was established as an institute of national importance by an act of the Indian parliament with the objective of developing a strong curriculum and teaching guidelines for undergraduate and post-graduate education in all branches of medicine in India. AIIMS seeks to achieve a high standard of medical education in India and to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order so as to attain self-sufficiency in good quality post-graduate medical education. Because of low cost facilities and highly efficient practitioners AIIMS has been for many years registering patients far above its capacity. For this prime reason, in 2004, the then prime minister of India; Mr. Atal Bihari Bajpayee announced the establishment of six new AIIMS to be built at Patna, Rishikesh, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Raipur and Jodhpur .