AIIMS Leads the Way- 3 Indian Hospitals in World's Best list
Top 250 Hospitals
New Delhi: Altogether, three hospitals in India- the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, and Medanta-the Medicity in Gurgaon have been recognised among the top 250 best hospitals across the world.
Newsweek and Statista, in their "World's Best Hospitals 2025" report, have recognised AIIMS, New Delhi, as the 97th best hospital in the world. Back in 2023, AIIMS earned the 122nd rank in the same report. Its position was further improved in 2024, when AIIMS ranked 113th in the list. Now the institute has moved up 16 spots as it has earned the 97th rank in the list.
Apart from AIIMS, two other Indian hospitals made the top 250 list. Two other institutes- Medanta-the Medicity in Gurgaon and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh- have featured in the list. While Medanta improved its rank from 166th in 2024 to 146th in 2025, PGIMER also improved from 246th rank in 2024 to 166th rank this year.
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As per the latest media report by Business Standard, this is the sixth year of the report providing an annual ranking to the institutes across the world. This year, it evaluated more than 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries and measured the performance of the hospitals through patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, hygiene standards, and peer recommendations from thousands of medical professionals.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a globally acclaimed public medical research university and hospital based in New Delhi, India. The AIIMS Act, of 1956 govern the institute and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The main campus of AIIMS, New Delhi is located in Ansari Nagar, Delhi.
As a government-run institute, AIIMS offers largely subsidised treatment. Its inclusion in the top 100 hospitals across the world recognises the quality of public healthcare in India. AIIMS was not the only public institute to make the list.
PGIMER Chandigarh, which was founded in 1962, and Medanta have also been recognised among the top 250 hospitals. Medanta has been a leading name in private healthcare since 2009 and it has been recognised as one of the top hospitals across the world for its excellence in specialised fields such as cardiology, oncology, and organ transplantation, as well as its commitment to adapting cutting-edge medical technologies.
Meanwhile, the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic in the United States topped the list, followed by Toronto General in Canada and Johns Hopkins Hospital, while Sweden’s Karolinska University Hospital rounded out the top five.
