AIIMS Rajkot begins academic session of its first batch with 50 MBBS students
The short-term objective of establishing new AIIMS was to reduce the gaps in affordable tertiary health care, while the long-term vision is to generate wellness among people, the minister said.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot has begun the academic session of the first batch from its temporary campus in Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College with 50 MBBS students. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the first academic session virtually on December 21, with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Union Minister of State for Health Ashwin Chaubey who also joined the event through video conferencing.
During the inauguration ceremony, Vardhan said AIIMS Rajkot falls under Phase Six of Pradhan Mantri Swastha Suraksha Yojana. It shall be a 750-bedded hospital with multiple specialty and super specialty departments, and has a total outlay of Rs 1,195 crore, including Rs 185 crore for state-of-the-art medical equipment, the minister said. AIIMS Rajkot will have 125 MBBS and 60 nursing seats in due course of time, he added. He said AIIMS campuses were being set up in different parts of the country "to promote the regional spread of super specialty health care" and is a "concerted effort to ensure quality health care to each and every citizen of India".
The short-term objective of establishing new AIIMS was to reduce the gaps in affordable tertiary health care, while the long-term vision is to generate wellness among people, the minister said. "The government is making an endeavor to increase the availability of MBBS seats to 80,000, to bridge the gap in the requirement of doctors. From 2013-14 onwards, the number of MBBS seats in the six new AIIMS has gone up to 600, providing an opportunity to an additional 300 MBBS aspirants," he said.
"With the addition of new AIIMS, including AIIMS Rajkot, the overall availability of MBBS seats in the country has risen to 42,495 in government institutions. Seats will increase further in the future as AIIMS Rajkot shifts from its temporary campus to a permanent one," he added.
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