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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the Capital is India's busiest medical institution that handles a daily load of 15,000 outpatients.

- Ridhima Gupta

NEW DELHI: This is a 20-30% increase from what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. While the patient load has risen, so has the vacancy of doctors. Director-AIIMS, Dr M Srinivas, who joined AIIMS New Delhi in 1994 and took over as the institute's director in September 2022, spoke to Hindustan Times about the challenges that the institute faces and his vision for its expansion in both clinical and research work.

The hospital has less than 30% faculty posts vacant, according to a recent response in Parliament. Many senior doctors have also quit in recent years, further adding to the shortage. What is being done to address this? There is no shortage of junior doctors, nurses and sanitation staff; however, there is a shortage of senior residents.