All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri (AIIMS Mangalagiri or AIIMS-MG) is a medical research public higher education institute located in the Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation in Guntur district, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the four "Phase-IV" All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) announced in July 2014. It is located between Guntur and Vijayawada.Foundation stone is laid by Union minister's J.P Nadda , M.Venkaiah Naidu & chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu
 AIIMS Mangalagiri | |
| Motto | Sakal Swasthya Sarvada |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2018 |
| President | T. S. Ravikumar[1] |
| Director | Madhabananda kar[2] |
| Location | , , 522503 , India 16°26′N 80°33′E / 16.43°N 80.55°E |
| Website | www |
History
In July 2014,[3] in the budget speech for 2014–15,[4] the Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley announced a budget of ₹500 crore (equivalent to ₹799 crore or US$96 million in 2023) for setting up four new AIIMS, in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and the Purvanchal region in Uttar Pradesh,[3] the so-called "Phase-IV" institutes.[4]In October 2015 the AIIMS at Manglagiri was approved by the cabinet at a cost of ₹1,618 crore (equivalent to ₹24 billion or US$290 million in 2023).[4] Construction work on the permanent campus started in September 2017.[4]
Academics
AIIMS Manglagiri commenced the 2018-19 academic session from a temporary campus at Siddhartha Medical College with 50 students. In the 2019-20 academic year, 50 more students joined the institute. The first batch at the permanent campus was the 2020-21 batch with 125 students.[5] The outpatient department at the permanent campus started operating in March 2019.[6] The inpatient department started in January 2021.[citation needed]