The AIIMS Bhubaneswar paid tributes to its founder former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary on Wednesday.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas said it was under Vajpayee’s visionary leadership that the foundation stone of AIIMS Bhubaneswar was laid. Today, the AIIMS Bhubaneswar has become a trusted healthcare institution in eastern India.
All faculty members, students and staffs resolved to fulfil the vision of Vajpayee to and follow his ideas to serve the poor and underprivileged.
Notably, Vajpayee had laid the foundation-stone of AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 15, 2003. The AIIMS Bhubaneswar is the second AIIMS in the country and the only AIIMS whose foundation stone was laid by Vajpayee.