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Rs 1,011 crore Gorakhpur AIIMS project gets Cabinet nod

News Agencies | Updated on: 21 July 2016, 11:51 IST

On 20 July, the government gave its nod to the setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the Gorakhpur AIIMS under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,011 crore.

"The establishment of new AIIMS will serve the dual purpose of providing super-specialty health care to the population while creating a large pool of doctors and health workers that can be available for primary and secondary level facilities being created under National Health Mission (NHM). This institute will also conduct research on prevalent regional diseases and other health issues and provide for better control and cure of such diseases," an official statement said.

The hospital, which will have a capacity of 750 beds, also includes an AYUSH section. The complex will include an administration block, an auditorium, a night shelter, hostels and residential facilities. The cost estimate of Rs 1,011 crore does not include recurring costs - including wages, operation and maintenance expenses.

"This recurring expenditure will be met by the respective new AIIMS from their annual budgets through grant-in-aid to them from Plan Budget Head of PMSSY of the Health Ministry," the statement said.

The cost estimate of Rs 1,011 crore does not include recurring costs -- wages and salaries and operation and maintenance expenses.

The setting up of AIIMS under PMSSY aims at correcting the regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country and to augment facilities for quality medical education in under-served or backward states.

Under this scheme, similar health facilities have been established in Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Raipur, Jodhpur, Rishikesh and Patna while work on AIIMS, Rae Bareli is in progress.

Three new AIIMS at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) were sanctioned in 2015.

Residents of 14 districts of Eastern UP and five districts of Western Bihar will be benefited by the establishment of new AIIMS.

First published: 21 July 2016, 11:51 IST