AIIMS Rajkot to be fully ready by October: Mansukh Mandaviya

AIIMS Rajkot will be a 750-bed hospital with multiple speciality and super-speciality departments.

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot is expected to be fully ready by October. It is one of 16 AIIMS being constructed under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.

"At least 65 percent of the physical work of AIIMS Rajkot has been completed, and the OPD has started. The process of procuring medical devices is going on at a rapid pace, and the plan is to complete all the works by October this year," said the minister, as reported by CNBC TV 18.

All the agencies, including the ones involved in procurement, infrastructure and the state government departments are working in coordination to ensure that the work is completed on time, he added.

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The institute will have a 150-bed indoor hospital by August and a 250-bed one by September, which will reduce the need for the people of Gujarat to travel to other states for treatment, said the minister. 

He last visited the AIIMS in March, only 800 labourers worked at the site, and the number has now increased to 2,000. AIIMS Rajkot will be a 750-bed hospital with multiple speciality and super-speciality departments.

The institute is being constructed at the cost of INR 1,195 crore, which includes INR 185 crore towards state-of-the-art medical equipment. The state government has allotted about 201 acres of land for the project and will take care of access roads, water facilities and provision for electricity, it was stated.

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