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New Delhi : Twenty two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been announced /approved by the Union Government to be established in various States of the country. Out of these, six AIIMS viz. Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Bhubaneswar in Odisha, Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Patna in Bihar, Raipur in Chattisgarh, and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand are already functional.
In addition to the above, OPD services have been started at AIIMS Raebareli, UP, AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, AIIMS Gorakhpur, UP, AIIMS Nagpur, Maharashtra, and AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab, according to a PIB release. Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Ashwini Kumar Choubey, stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here ton March 17, 2020, according to a PIB release. AIIMS is also proposed at Darbhanga, North Bihar, in 5th phase and at Deoghat, Jharkhand, in 6th phase.