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The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani (West Bengal).
The new establishments, as announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the 2015-16 Budget, are being introduced under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at a cost of Rs.4,949 crore.
While the Mangalagiri facility has been allotted a sum of Rs.1,618 crore, the institutions in Nagpur and Kalyani will be set up at a cost of Rs.1,577 crore and 1,754 crore, respectively.
“Besides the medical college, these amounts will also be used to set up hospitals with 960 beds each within the institutions. A nursing college, teaching block, AYUSH block, administrative block, auditorium, night shelter and residential blocks will also be established,” Piyush Goyal, Union Power Minister, told reporters at the briefing.
“The idea is to benefit the poor in these regions with the best diagnostic equipment and facilities,” he added, and mentioned that the construction of a similar institution in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh was underway.
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