New tertiary care hospitals mean less movement of patients to centres like AIIMS
Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana(PMSSY), 20 AIIMS like institutions are in various stages of planning/completion
The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a Rs 14832 crore extension for an ongoing scheme to establish new AIIMS and upgradation of government medical colleges.
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana(PMSSY) is aimed at correcting the imbalances in the availability of affordable tertiary healthcare facilities in different parts of the country. It is an ongoing programme under which 20 new AIIMS are in various stages of planning/completion across the country. It was first announced in 2003.
Each new AIIMS will add 100 UG (MBBS) and 60 B.Sc (Nursing) seats, 15-20 Super Specialty Departments and around 750 hospital beds
Health minister J P Nadda said that setting up new AIIMS in various states will lead to employment generation for nearly 3000 people in various faculty and non faculty posts in each of the AIIMS. He said that indirect employment generation will take place due to facilities and services like shopping centre, canteens, etc. coming in the vicinity of new AIIMS. He added that for each functional AIIMS established under PMSSY, a total of 4089 posts were created for a 960 bedded hospital. “The same number of posts will be created for a 960 bedded hospital for the new AIIMS that are being established under PMSSY. So far, for new AIIMS at Mangalagiri, Nagpur and Kalyani, a total of 1144 posts have been created with the approval of Ministry of Finance,” Nadda said.
Each new AIIMS will add 100 UG (MBBS) and 60 B.Sc (Nursing) seats, 15-20 Super Specialty Departments and around 750 hospital beds. He further said that in each government medical college up-gradation project, 8-10 Super Specialty Departments get added on an average and an up-gradation project also gives benefit of adding of around 15 new PG seats on an average. “As per data of current functional AIIMS, it is expected that each new AIIMS would cater to around 1500 OPD patients / day and around 1000 IPD patients / month,” Nadda said.
Setting up of new AIIMS would not only transform health education and training but also address the shortfall of health care professionals in the region. Construction of new AIIMS is fully funded by the Central Government. The Operations & Maintenance expenses on new AIIMS are also fully borne by the Central Government.
The new AIIMS that are functioning are in Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh. Others are coming up in the states of West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Assam.
