	An AIIMS in Raebareli was cleared in 2009 as "Phase-II" of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) initiative. Following the approval of the "All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012" the institute was officially established via a Gazette notification in 2013. in 2018 it started operation of an outpatient department (OPD). The institute has March 2020 as target day of completion. It operates under the mentorship of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) with the director of PGIMER, Jagat Ram, acting as director in additional charge. It started operation with the first batch of 50 MBBS students in 2019, one of the six AIIMSs to become operational in 2019.