[citation needed] In 2004, the central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur.

[8] The official state of AIIMS Patna was set through an ordinance, which allowed six AIIMS—like institutes to become operational from September 2012.

[13][14] In August 2018, an emergency and trauma centre, eight modular operation theatres and an additional 250 beds at the inpatient department (IPD) were inaugurated.

There are four lecture theatres in the college building, all of them are equipped with centralised air conditioning, projectors, and many other facilities.

The batch of 2012 started at AIIMS Patna on 25 September 2012, with 50 medical students admitted to the institute.

[25][26] To start with, AIIMS Patna imparted training in four subjects to the first MBBS students– anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and community medicine.

[27] 17 super speciality areas including cardiology, cardiothoracic vascular surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, gastroenterology, nephrology (with dialysis), endocrinology and nuclear medicine have already been set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana in AIIMS Patna.

[citation needed] In April 2012, the Patna High Court constituted a three-member core committee comprising representatives from the centre, the state and the AIIMS to speed up construction work of the super-specialty hospital.

The DM will now on oversee the affairs related to the AIIMS Patna and its development as a super speciality hospital.