The first one will be in Patna. The promised institutions would provide a much-needed relief to AIIMS, which can no longer cope with the enormous patient load it gets from all over the country. It would also help affirm the government''s commitment to tertiary care.
In recent years, the only growth in tertiary health care areas has been in the private sector. At the same time, all other states have been asked to identify a medical college each, which could be upgraded to the level of AIIMS. These institutions would, however, be administered by the state governments. Admitting that the Union government had not paid any attention to tertiary care, Swaraj said she would leave primary health centres and community health centres to the care of the state governments.
But the expensive tertiary care as well as the village sub-centres would get the necessary attention from the Centre. The chief ministers of Bihar, Orissa and Chhatisgarh have already identified the land, Swaraj said. The role of the states would be to allocate acres of land. The Centre would then build the institution and fund it as well.
Each institution is estimated to cost anything between Rs crore. If Rs 60, crore can be given for building roads, then Rs 3, crore can be sanctioned for building hospitals.
This would be equipped with containers which would have the facility for two operation theatres and have all the necessary surgical and emergency relief equipment. The containers are designed in such a manner that they can be airlifted or carried on trains. Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail. The tender for construction of boundary is yet to be awarded and the executing agency for the AIIMS project has been finalised. The task of land transfer from state to the Central Ministry has been completed.
The masterplan for the project has been finalised and construction of boundary wall is under progress. The approval for the project was give on May 24, with an approved cost of Rs 1, crore. Currently, the project has appointed an executing agency for pre-investment activities. The project has also run into hurdles over environmental red flags. In the last interim order of the NGT, the green panel modified the order and said any activity undertaken in the disputed area shall be subject to the final outcome of the case.
The Central government wrote to the Chief Minister of Bihar asking the state government to identify alternate locations of around acres along with other requisite infrastructure. The state government received reminders from the government on December 10, , May 6, , December 8, and on April 12, However, Bihar government is yet to provide options for suitable sites.
The site for Jammu region was finalised at Vijaypur in Samba district and for the Kashmir division, the site was finalised at Awantipora in Pulwama district. The project division of the health ministry is currency framing replies to the EFC received from the Department of Expenditure. The approval by the Cabinet was given on July 7, The foundation stone for the project was laid on November 25, The selection change was brought by a committee of Secretaries.
The committee has asked the state government to assess prospective sites and identify suitable sites on the basis of the new challenge method-based criteria.
The progress of the project is still at the Centre-state correspondence stage and no construction work has begun.
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