All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, an Autonomous Institute of National Importance, is one of the newer AIIMS and an apex healthcare Institute established by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) with the aim of correcting regional imbalances in quality tertiary level healthcare in the country and attaining self- sufficiency in undergraduate, postgraduate & higher medical education, research and training.