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6 Out Of 22 AIIMS Sanctioned Under PMSSY Fully Functional: Health Minister

AIIMS Status Report

AIIMS Status Report

New Delhi: Out of the 22 new AIIMS approved under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), 6 institutes at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, and Rishikesh are functional and all key hospital facilities and services such as Emergency, Trauma, Blood Bank, ICU, Diagnostic and Pathology are functioning. Dedicated hospital blocks for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and COVID test labs have been functional in these AIIMS since 2020. The information to this effect was tabled in Rajya Sabha by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Choubey.

The Minister was responding to a series of pointed queries regarding the status of the new AIIMS approved under PMSSY.

In his written statement, the Minister informed that at another seven (07) AIIMS at Raebareli, Gorakhpur, Mangalagiri, Nagpur, Bathinda, Bibinagar, and Kalyani, MBBS classes and OPD services have been started. In five (05) other AIIMS at Deoghar, Bilaspur, Guwahati, Rajkot, and Jammu MBBS classes have been started. The rest four (04) AIIMS are at different stages of construction and allied activities.

Furthermore, the minister also briefed the house about the details of the apex tertiary care departments sanctioned and such departments, which are actually functioning in each of the fully functional AIIMS.

Blaming the non-availability of faculty as the main reason for which some of the Specialities / Super Specialities remain non-functional, the minister added that the incumbency position at various AIIMS is monitored regularly and vacancies are from time to time depending on their requirement.

"However, as high standards have to be maintained in the selection, keeping in view the stature of these Institutes of National Importance, all the positions could not be filled up," added the written reply.

Details of sanctioned Specialities and Super Specialities and their operational status in the six functional AIIMS

Specialties

Specialty Bhopal Bhubaneswar Jodhpur Patna Raipur Rishikesh
General Medicine Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
General Surgery Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Obstetrics & Gynecology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Orthopedics and Traumatology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Pediatrics Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Dermatology & STD Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Oto-Rhinolaryngology (ENT) Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Ophthalmology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Rheumatology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Pathology with Central Lab Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Microbiology & Infectious diseases Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Radio-diagnosis & Imaging Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Radiotherapy Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Anesthesiology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Transfusion Med. & Blood Bank Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Psychiatry Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
TB & Chest Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Non-Functional Functional
Dentistry Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional

Super Specialties

Super Specialty Bhopal Bhubaneswar Jodhpur Patna Raipur Rishikesh
Cardiology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Gastroenterology Non-Functional Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional
Surgical Gastroenterology Functional Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional
Nephrology Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional Functional
Urology Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Neurology Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Non-Functional Functional
Neurosurgery Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Medical Oncology Non-Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Surgical Oncology Non-Functional Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional
Endocrinology & Metabolic Diseases Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional Functional
Clinical Haematology Non-Functional Functional Functional Functional Non-Functional Functional
Paediatric Surgery Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Burns and Plastic Surgery Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Nuclear Medicine Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional

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