Dr MC Misra is new AIIMS chief
NEW DELHI: India's premier medical
college and hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, got a new
director on Friday with the appointment of Dr MC Misra. Till now, Misra was the
head of the institute's trauma centre.
Dr Misra (61) is known as a leading surgeon and is also credited with developing the AIIMS Trauma centre into a model of care for emergency services in the country.
Speaking to TOI soon after taking over as the AIIMS director, Misra said, "My aim will be to make AIIMS more patient-friendly. Computerization of patient records, capacity building to ease admissions and reducing the waiting time for surgeries and procedures will be the priority."
The new director also plans to enter into partnerships with engineering institutes like IIT Delhi to develop low-cost healthcare devices. "We already have a 'Stanford India Bio-design' project going on in which three top universities of the world-Stanford, IIT and AIIMS-are collaborating to develop low-cost stents. In the future, we will have more such partnerships," he added.
Dr Misra joined AIIMS in the 1980's and became the head of the surgery department 13 years later in 1993. He took over as the AIIMS Trauma centre chief in 2006. At least 10 prominent doctors, from AIIMS as well as overseas, were in line for the director's post but Misra was always a frontrunner. The former director of AIIMS, Dr R C Deka, retired on September 30.
Misra's name was forwarded to the PMO last month by the institute body of AIIMS that is headed by union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Four other candidates in the fray, who were shortlisted by the search-cum-selection committee, were Dr Y K Gupta who heads the pharmacology department, Dr V K Paul who heads the paediatrics department, Dr Balram Airon who heads cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery, and Dr S K Acharya who heads the gastroenterology department.
Dr Misra (61) is known as a leading surgeon and is also credited with developing the AIIMS Trauma centre into a model of care for emergency services in the country.
Speaking to TOI soon after taking over as the AIIMS director, Misra said, "My aim will be to make AIIMS more patient-friendly. Computerization of patient records, capacity building to ease admissions and reducing the waiting time for surgeries and procedures will be the priority."
The new director also plans to enter into partnerships with engineering institutes like IIT Delhi to develop low-cost healthcare devices. "We already have a 'Stanford India Bio-design' project going on in which three top universities of the world-Stanford, IIT and AIIMS-are collaborating to develop low-cost stents. In the future, we will have more such partnerships," he added.
Dr Misra joined AIIMS in the 1980's and became the head of the surgery department 13 years later in 1993. He took over as the AIIMS Trauma centre chief in 2006. At least 10 prominent doctors, from AIIMS as well as overseas, were in line for the director's post but Misra was always a frontrunner. The former director of AIIMS, Dr R C Deka, retired on September 30.
Misra's name was forwarded to the PMO last month by the institute body of AIIMS that is headed by union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Four other candidates in the fray, who were shortlisted by the search-cum-selection committee, were Dr Y K Gupta who heads the pharmacology department, Dr V K Paul who heads the paediatrics department, Dr Balram Airon who heads cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery, and Dr S K Acharya who heads the gastroenterology department.
MD NAUSHAD ALAM
PGDM 1 SEM.
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