Modi Cabinet Okays AIIMS at Gorakhpur

New Delhi, July'16: For providing quality health care services in eastern UP and western Bihar, the Union Cabinet has approved a new 750-bedded All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gorakhpur at an estimated cost of Rs 1011 crore.

The decision has been taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendera Modi. The institute will be opened under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The estimated cost does not include recurring costs (wages and salaries, and operation and maintenance expenses). This recurring expenditure will be met by the new AIIMS from its annual budget through Grant-in-Aid from Plan Budget Head of PMSSY of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

AIIMS-Gorakhpur will have facility of Emergency/Trauma Beds, AYUSH Beds, Private Beds and ICU Speciality & Super Speciality beds. There will be an Administration Block, AYUSH Block, Auditorium, Night Shelter, Hostels and residential facilities.

The new AIIMS will provide super speciality health care. It will also create a large pool of doctors and other health workers in this region that can be available for primary and secondary level institutions/facilities being created under the National Health Mission (NHM). This institute will also conduct research on prevalent diseases in the region and other health issues and provide for better control and cure of such diseases.

The population of the entire region of eastern UP which comprises of four Commissionerates of UP (Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Basti and Devi Patan) comprising 14 districts of UP and five districts of Western Bihar (West-Champaran, East-Champaran, Saran, Siwan, and Gopalganj) will be benefited by this AIIMS.

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

Under this scheme, AIIMS have been established in Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Raipur, Jodhpur, Rishikesh and Patna while work on establishing AIIMS-Rae Bareili is in progress. Also, three AIIMS in Nagpur, Kalyani(West) and Mangalagiri in Guntur (A.P) have been sanctioned in 2015. Drugtodayonline.com