AIIMS hospital in Assam receives Cabinet nod

To be set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana & involve Rs 1,123 cr investment

Last Updated : May 29 2017 | 4:58 PM IST

The Cabinet yesterday has given its approval for establishment of new AIIMS at Kamrup (North Guwahati Revenue circle), Assam, with an investment of Rs 1,123 crore. It will be set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The new AIIMS will be completed in a period of 48 months from the zero date (that is the date of the approval of Government of India), broadly comprising a pre-construction phase of 15 months, a construction phase of 30 months and stabilisation & commissioning phase of three months.

The institution will consist of a hospital with a capacity of 750 beds, trauma center facilities and medical college - broadly on the pattern of AIIMS, New Delhi. The hospital will have 22 speciality/super-speciality departments including 16 operation theaters. It will also have an AYUSH department with 30 beds for providing treatment facilities in traditional system of medicine.

The establishment of new AIIMS will serve the dual purpose of providing super speciality health care to the population while also help create a large pool of doctors and other health workers in this region that can be available for primary and secondary level institutions / facilities being created under National Health Mission (NHM).

Under this scheme, AIIMS have been established in Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Raipur, Jodhpur, Rishikesh and Patna while work of AIIMS Rae Bareli is in progress. Also, three AIIMS in Nagpur (Maharashtra), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri in Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) have been sanctioned in 2015 and two AIIMS have been sanctioned at Bathinda and Gorakhpur in 2016.