Union Cab. approves establishment of 2 new AIIMS in Tamil Nadu, Telangana

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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi on December 17, 2018, approved establishment of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, at a cost of Rs 1,264 crore, and Bibinagar, Telangana, at a cost of Rs 1,028 crore. The two AIIMS will be set up under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The Union Cabinet has also given its approval for creation of one post of Director in the basic pay of Rs 2,25,000 (fixed) plus NPA (however pay + NPA would not exceed Rs 2,37,500) for each of the two AIIMS. Each new AIIMS will add 100 UG (MBBS) seats and 60 BSc. (Nursing) seats. Each new AIIMS will have 15-20 Super Specialty Departments and will add around 750 hospital beds each.

As per data of current functional AIIMS, it is expected that each new AIIMS would cater to around 1,500 Outdoor patients per day and around 1,000 Indoor patients per month, according to a PIB release.

The timeframe for establishment of the new AIIMS Tamil Nadu and AIIMS Telangana will be 45 months broadly comprising a pre-construction phase of 10 months, a construction phase of 32 months, and stabilisation/commissioning phase of 3 months. The cost of construction and running of the new AIIMS would be met by the Central Government under PMSSY.

Setting up new AIIMS in the two states will lead to employment generation for nearly 3,000 people in various faculty & non faculty posts in each of the AIIMS. Further, indirect employment generation will take place due to facilities & services like shopping centre, canteens, etc. coming in the vicinity of new AIIMS. The construction activity involved for creation of the physical infrastructure for the new AIIMS is also expected to generate substantial employment in the construction phase as well.

The AIIMS in Tamil Nadu was announced in the Budget Speech of  Finance Minister in 2015-16 and Ministry of Finance conveyed its in-principle approval for establishment of AIIMS in Telangana in April, 2018.