Health Ministry team inspects AIIMS site in J&K

A team of Union Health Ministry officials today visited Pulwama district to inspect the 88-hectare site acquired by Jammu and Kashmir government for setting up an AIIMS-like institution in the Valley.

The central team, led by Joint Secretary Sunil Sharma, was accompanied by senior state government officers, including Secretary Health M K Bhandari, Director Health Services, Kashmir Sameer Matoo and Deputy Commissioner Pulwama, Niraj Kumar, an official spokesman said.

He said the team reviewed the acquired land for the construction of AIIMS-like hospital at Awantipora, 32kms from here.

The team will submit a detailed report to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in order to expedite the process of establishing the state-of-the-art hospital in the Valley, the spokesman added.