Foreign docs are getting attracted to AIIMS
May 20, 2008
New Delhi – Now the doctors from vivid countries are eyeing on the Indias premire health instititute to get training in here. Doctors from various countries like Sweden, Singapore and Italy, have been contended to get trained at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.
Officials at AIIMS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences say the movement is not very old. In the last couple of years, almost 20 medical professionals from countries such as Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Nepal and Bangladesh have by now acknowledged training there.
‘India is now a country oozing with confidence - be it economy or healthcare. Earlier, foreigners coming to India to get trained were almost un-thinkable but now it’s a fact,’ added D.K. Gupta, HOD of pediatric surgery. Surgery, mainly pediatric surgery, is one of the most requisite after fields amongst the foreign doctors coming to AIIMS.
‘At any given point of time, we have 10 to 15 applications pending with us. Currently, at least 11 applications are with us, including three each from North Korea and Saudi Arabia and two each from Italy and Romania. One application has come from the US,’ said Gupta.
AIIMS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences is said to be the best public sector medical college and research centre in India and treats almost 8,000 patients each day.
They are ready to come to Delhi at their own expense, take care of their own board and lodging and get trained in our institute,’ added Gupta, who has taught over ten such doctors. ‘The training for these foreign doctors ranges between one month and three months.
Even some diseases are exclusive in this part of the world that the foreign doctors want to know about to keep themselves updated,’ he further added. ‘The world community is keen to utilize the excellence of India and observe us achieving the best. For many, we provide best first hand learning experience,’ said Dr. Gupta.
IANS
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