Doctors at AIIMS Nagpur successfully saved the life of a five-year-old critically child from Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, who was admitted in an extremely critical condition with coma and acute kidney failure following suspected consumption of a toxic cough syrup. The child was referred to AIIMS Nagpur on 11 September 2025 and admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in a state of deep coma, severe hypotension, multi-organ dysfunction, and near-absent brainstem reflexes. He was immediately placed on mechanical ventilation and underwent emergency dialysis within hours of admission. The case was managed under the leadership of Dr. Meenakshi Girish, Department of Pediatrics, with intensive critical care support in the PICU led by Dr. Abhijeet Chaudhary, PICU In-charge, along with Dr. Abhishek Madhura and the entire dedicated pediatrics team. A coordinated multidisciplinary approach involving pediatric intensivists, pediatric neurologists, nephrologists, ophthalmo

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The first report for the year 2024 of Hospital Based Cancer Registry of AIIMS, Nagpur was released on 24th April 2025 by the Executive Director and CEO, AIIMS, Nagpur Prof Dr P P Joshi. This was made possible through the contribution and guidance of the all Oncology-care providing departments, Research Cell and Institutional Ethics Committee of AIIMS, Nagpur. The report will be available on request at- radiotherapy@aiimsnagpur.edu.in.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur and Pahlé India Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a ground-breaking study to assess blood lead levels in children and their impact on cognitive and mental health across India. The MoU was formally signed by Dr. Prashant P. Joshi, Hon. Executive Director and CEO of AIIMS Nagpur, and Dr. Ishan Joshi, Director, Programmes and Partnerships from Pahlé India Foundation at AIIMS Nagpur in the presence of Dr. Jyoti E. John, Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry, and Principal Investigator of the project; Dr. Meenakshi Girish, Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, Dr. Nitin Marathe, Joint Medical Superintendent and  Associate Professor, Hospital administration from AIIMS, Nagpur and Dr. Jyoti Yadav, Assistant Director, Programmes and Fellow, Pahlé India Foundation.

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Dr (Prof) Prashant P Joshi, has been appointed as the new Executive Director, AIIMS Nagpur and officially joined office on 16/02/2024. 

Dr Joshi, MD (Medicine), MSc (Clinical Epidemiology, UNC, Australia) is medical teacher, researcher, administrator and consultant Physician with over 40 years of experience. He was a former Professor and Head of Department (HOD) of Medicine at AIIMS Nagpur (2019-2023); and Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Nagpur (2008-2019). With over 217 research publications in high impact factor, prestigious journals and principal investigator / steering committee member/ regional coordinator in numerous large, multicentric, WHO-ICMR funded research projects / clinical trials; he has featured in Top 2% Most Influential Scientists in 2023 Stanford University List.

Dr.Joshi is the recipient of prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for Training at University Newcastle Australia under GOI-USAID Program. He is former President of A