6 AIIMS made functional in various states at a cost of Rs 4920 crore, 16 more to follow: Govt

New Delhi: In its list of achievements during the year 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family has highlighted the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) that envisages creation of tertiary healthcare capacity in medical education, research and clinical care, in the underserved areas of the country.

The scheme has two broad components: Setting up of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS); and Up-gradation of existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutions (GMCIs). So far, establishment of 22 new AIIMS and 75 up-gradation Projects of existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutions (GMCIs) have been approved under this scheme.

Six AIIMS under Phase-I:

In Phase-I, a total of six AIIMS (Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh) were set up at an approved cost of Rs 820 crore per AIIMS.  These are fully operational.

All key hospital facilities and services such as Emergency, Trauma, Blood bank, ICU, Diagnostic and Pathology are functioning. The total bed capacity of the six AIIMS is at present 6329.

Hospital services in these 6 AIIMS are operating in various Specialities and Super- Specialties Departments. There are 1706 PG Seats (Medical) and 750 MBBS seats in these six AIIMS.

New AIIMS under Phase-II, IV, V, VI & VII

16 AIIMS have been sanctioned/approved by the Cabinet in subsequent phases. Following facilities and services have been made functional in these institutes: BBS classes and OPD services started at following 11 AIIMS at Gorakhpur (UP), Raebareli (UP), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Kalyani (West Bengal), Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh), Bibinagar (Telangana), Bathinda (Punjab) Deoghar (Jharkhand), Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), Guwahati (Assam) and Rajkot (Gujarat).

Of these, IPD facilities on a limited scale have been started in 10 AIIMS at Raebareli, Mangalagiri, Nagpur, Kalyani, Gorakhpur, Bathinda, Bilaspur, Deoghar, Guwahati and Bibinagar. in the current financial year 3760 hospital  bedsare functional in these 10 AIIMS.

MBBS classes have started in AIIMS at Vijaypur (Jammu), and Madurai (Tamil Nadu).

There are 493 PG seats in 11 AIIMS (Nagpur, Bibinagar, Bathinda, Deoghar, Mangalagiri, Raebareli, Kalyani, Bilaspur, Gorakhpur, Guwahati and Rajkot) and intake of 1287 MBBS students in 13 AIIMS (Mangalagiri, Nagpur, Kalyani, Gorakhpur, Bathinda, Raebareli, Deoghar, Bibinagar, Guwahati, Bilaspur, Vijaypur, Rajkot and Madurai) for Academic Year 2022-23.

PMSSY scheme aims at correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the country.