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3 new AIIMS-two in J&K and one in Gujarat-Word For Peace

The establishment of a new AIIMS will be planned to provide super specialty health care for the population closer to home and also to help build a broad pool of doctor and other health workers in this field that can be accessible to primary and secondary institutions established under the National Health Mission (NHM), said the Minister.

3 new AIIMS-two in J&K and one in Gujarat-Word For PeaceN

EW DELHI, Jan 11: On Friday the Cabinet approved a plan to set up three new AIIMS-two in Jammu and Kashmir and one in Gujarat-under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme at a cost of Rs 4,684 crore.

The one AIIMS will be set up at Vijaynagar in Samba, Jammu, at a cost of Rs 1,661 crore, while another will be set up at Awantipura, Pulwama, Kashmir at a cost of Rs 1,828 crore. At Rajkot, Gujarat, the government allocated Rs 1,195 crore for AIIMS.

Commenting on the progress, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda said the approval reflects the dream of our prime minister and upholds the spirit of ‘SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas’

“Two new AIIMS, one each for Jammu Region and Kashmir Region in the State of Jammu and Kashmir was announced by the Prime Minister under the Prime Minister’s Development Package and AIIMS in Gujarat was announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech,” Nadda added.

Terming it historic, the Union Health Minister further said that setting up new AIIMS in the states will lead to employment generation for nearly 3,000 people in various faculty and non faculty posts in each of the AIIMS.

The establishment of new AIIMS would serve the dual purpose of providing super specialty health care  to the population closer to their homes, while also helping to create a wide pool of doctors and other health workers in this area that may be accessible to institutions of primary and secondary level created under the National Health Mission (NHM), the Minister said.

Construction of new AIIMS is fully funded by the Central Government and the operations and maintenance expenses are also fully borne borne by the Central Government,” Nadda elaborated.

Nadda further stated that each new AIIMS will add 100 UG (MBBS) seats and 60 B.Sc (Nursing) seats, and will have 15-20 super specialty departments.

“Every new AIIMS would add around 750 hospital beds. According to current functional AIIMS data, every new AIIMS is expected to cater for around 1,500 OPD patients per day and around 1,000 IPD patients per month,” he mentioned.

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