Setting up of new AllMS under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna
Source: Hueiyen News Service / PIB

New Delhi, October 07 2015: Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Wednesday gave its approval for setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AllMS) at Nagpur in Maharashtra, at Manglagiri in Andhra Pradesh and at Kalyani in West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).

This involves financial implication of Rs.4949 crore.

The new AIIMS will be established as institutes of national importance for providing quality medical education, nursing education and also to provide tertiary healthcare facilities to the people of these locations.

The proposed institution shall have a hospital with capacity of 960 beds.

In addition, there shall be a teaching block, administrative block, AYUSH block, auditorium, nursing college, night shelter, hostel and residential facilities.

Of the total expenditure of Rs.4949 crore, the cost of the new AIIMS at Manglagiri in Andhra Pradesh will be to the tune of Rs.1618 crore, at Nagpur in Maharashtra of Rs.1577 crore and at Kalyani in West Bengal of Rs.1754 crore.

Setting up of these AIIMS will address regional imbalances in availability of affordable and reliable tertiary health care services in these regions.

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