Amrita Hospital

AIMS Ponekkara, P. O Kochi, Kerala 682 041, India Phone: 0091 (0) 484 280 1234, 285 1234, 400 1234, 0484 668 1234 http://www.aimshospital.org/

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The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (AIMS) is an ISO 9001:2008 certified and NABH accredited private medical college near Edapally in Kochi, India. It is also a 1,450-bed hospital. It was inspired by Mata Amritanandamayi and inaugurated on May 17, 1998 by then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in presence of Mata Amritanandamayi. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math is its parent organization. Ron Gottsegen is the Executive Director and Dr. Prem Nair is the Medical Director of AIMS. Dr. Damodaran M. Vasudevan is the principal of the institute and the Dean of the Amrita College of Medicine |Medical under the aegis of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The center was awarded medical university status by the state government of Kerala and on 10 August 2002, AIMS was chosen for the Central Government's pilot project on telemedicine.