Government to set up more AIIMS-like institutions in Various States

The  Central Government is setting up six All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)-like institutions in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) under the first phase of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

Construction of residential complexes for the six AIIMS-like institutions in the first phase of PMSSY has been taken up separately and is at various stages of completion. According to  a written communiqué to Lok Sabha from Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad The work for Package I, i.e Medical College/Hostel complex had already started in the last week of May, 2010,.

"Letter of Intents for Package-II, i.e. construction of Hospital Complex was issued to the selected contractors. These institutions are likely to become functional by December, 2012," he added.

 The Government has also approved setting up of two more AIIMS-like institutions in the State of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in the second phase of PMSSY.