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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BATHINDA

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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BATHINDA All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bathinda (AIIMS Bathinda) is a medical college and medical research public university based in Bathinda, Punjab, India in 2019. Its golden coloured circular emblem has two two major elements namely its border rimmed by a pair of dark brown lines with a circular banner bearing its name in Devanagari and English in red colour. Inside this are motifs of Staff of Asclepius, is the rod wielded by the Greek God of healing and medicine Asclepius, which represents the healthcare system globally. The staff is topped by a round knob and flanked by wings. The two serpents represent the pineal gland and the pituitary gland (which both look snakelike when uncoiled); the staff represents the spinal column; the knob represents the medulla, and the wings signify the two hemispheres of the brain (the wrinkled cross-section of the brain has the shape and texture of stylized wings); the number of inte

ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES NEW DELHI

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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES NEW DELHI The health survey and development committee, chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore, an Indian Civil Servant, had in 1946 recommended the establishment of a national medical centre which would concentrate on meeting the need for highly qualified manpower to look after the nation's expanding health care activities. A grant from New Zealand under the Colombo Plan made it possible to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 1952. The AIIMS was created in 1956, as an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament, to serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspects of health care. Its circular insignia has a traditional symbol of the Caduceus to represent medicine. This symbol derives from Hermes or Mercury, the winged messenger and is a staff intertwined by two snakes. The staff is topped by a lotus representing India. A circular border ensconces this motif with its name in Devanaga