AIIMS, RML hospital declare half-day on Jan 22, critical clinical services to remain functional

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi have declared that on January 22, 2024, they will close for a half-day in observance of Ram Lalla ‘Pran Pratishtha,’ which is celebrated throughout India. All vital clinical services will, nevertheless, carry on as usual.

“The Government of India has declared Monday, January 22, 2024, a half day closing till 14.30 hrs, vide OM ref: F.No.12/7/2023- JCA, DOPT dated January 18, 2024, as Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya will be celebrated across India,” the premier medical institute said in a circular.
“It is notified for information of all the employees that the institute will remain half day closed till 14.30 hrs on January 22, 2024. All Chiefs of Centres, Heads of the Departments, Units and Branch Officers are requested to bring this to the notice of all staff working under them,” they added.

On January 22, there will be a ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of Shri Ram Lalla at the temple in Ayodhya. On Friday, the idol of Lord Ram was placed inside the Ayodhya temple’s sanctum sanctorum. Arun Yogiraj, a sculptor based in Mysuru, created the idol of “Ram Lalla.” The idol weighs 1.5 tonnes and stands 51 inches tall. The idol, which is made of the same stone, shows Lord Ram as a five-year-old boy standing atop a lotus.