INTRODUCTION

MEDICAL SOCIAL WELFARE UNIT (Main Hospital)  

It was in the year 1956, when the vision of comprehensive healthcare inclusive of preventive, promotive and curative came into existence with the establishment of AIIMS, New Delhi as an autonomous institution of national importance. To serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspect of health care, Medical Social Welfare Services in AIIMS were initiated and the first Medical Social Worker was appointed in the hospital in 1960.

Since the advent of Medical Social Welfare Services, it has gained much needed support from Hospital Administration and its leadership. The services to the underprivileged and impoverished catered socio-economic challenges and psycho-social assessment through specific designed interventions by the Medical Social Work Professionals. Henceforth, the professional development of Social Welfare Services never looked back and the post of MSW eventually developed into a cadre of Medical Social Welfare Officer (MSWO) increasing the strength of officers to 61 at present.

At present, the Medical Social Welfare Unit, Main Hospital has 16 Medical Social Welfare Officers taking care of OPD, IPD (of 19 significant departments) and round-the-clock emergency services. The Medical Social Welfare Unit (Main Hospital) comes under the Medical Superintendent, Main Hospital and the day-to-day activities are supervised by the Chief MSWO (Mr. Pankaj Kumar).

In addition to the Medical Social Welfare Unit, AIIMS has other Medical Social Welfare Officers placed in different departments and centers. They are working directly under the Chief/HOD of the concerned department.

Due to the professional efforts, sincerity & hard work of Medical Social Welfare Officers and the visionary support of the superior authorities, AIIMS has become the only institution in India with the biggest strength of Medical Social Workers in a Hospital setting.

Introduction-Medical Social Welfare Services

The Medical Social Welfare Unit (Main Hospital) is operational from these offices:

 

S. No.	Office	Address	Phone No.
1	Office of Chief MSWO (Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )	Room No. C-613, 6thfloor–C wing, RAK OPD, AIIMS	011-29576392 Ext:2879
2	MSWO Office-RAK OPD	Roomno.9,Ground floor – C wing, RAK OPD, AIIMS	011-29576031 Ext:2531/2532
3	MSWO Office–Main Hospital	RoomNo.9,Infront of Emergency, AIIMS	011-26594242 Ext:4815
4	MSWO Office–Emergency	RoomNo.9-A, Emergency-1, AIIMS	011-26546428 Ext:6428
5	MSWO Office–ABPMJAY	Ayushman Bharat Office, Neargateno. 1, AIIMS	011-26593251 Ext:3251
6	MSWO Office– BPS	Room no. 111, 1stFloor,Burn& Plastic Surgery Block, AIIMS	011-26739567