Union Cab approves AIIMS at Kamrup, Assam

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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has given its approval for establishment of new AIIMS at Kamrup (North Guwahati Revenue circle). The cost of the project is Rs 1,123 crore and it will be set up under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The new AIIMS will be completed in 48 months from the zero date (that is the date of the approval of Government of India), broadly comprising a pre-construction phase of 15 months, a construction phase of 30 months and stabilization / commissioning phase of three months, according to a PIB release.

The Institution will consist of a hospital with a capacity of 750 beds, trauma centre facilities, medical college with an intake of 100 MBBS students per year, nursing college with an intake of 60 B.Sc. (Nursing) students per year, residential complexes and allied facilities / services, broadly on the pattern of AIIMS, New Delhi, the PIB release said. The hospital will have 22 Speciality/Super-Speciality Departments including 16 Operation Theaters. It will also have an AYUSH department with 30 beds for providing treatment facilities in traditional system of medicine.