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Along with the 46,000 Government hospitals being built across the country, six All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences-like institutes are coming up in different parts of the country. These are to start functioning during the current financial year.
The academic session for 50 MBBS seats at each of these six new All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) commenced in September 2012.
According to Health Ministry officials, the Government has already spent Rs 2,024.19 crore on the construction of these premier institutes and a Budget provision of Rs 1,975 crore has been envisaged for all Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) projects, including the six new AIIMS during 2013.
Under the PMSSY, the Union Health Ministry is upgrading 19 existing Government medical colleges, with the objective of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable tertiary healthcare services. It is also augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the country.
In the first phase, six AIIMS-like institutes are being developed at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Bhubaneswar in Orissa, Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Patna in Bihar, Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. All these institutes are in advanced stages of completion.
The Government has already spent Rs 353.81 crore on AIIMS Bhopal, Rs 294 crore on Bhubaneswar, Rs 326.58 crore on Jodhpur, Rs 393.85 crore on Patna, Rs 310.98 crore on Raipur and Rs 344.97 crore on an AIIMS-like institute coming up in Rishikesh.
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