Cabinet extends scheme to strengthen healthcare infrastructure, okays plans for 20 new AIIMS
6 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet extends scheme to strengthen healthcare infrastructure, okays plans for 20 new AIIMS

India TV News  

The government on Wednesday extended the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana by two years till 2020 with a financial outlay of Rs 14,832, crore to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in the country including setting up of more AIIMS-like hospitals and upgrading the state-run hospitals. "In a major boost to the expansion of healthcare infrastructure in the country, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of PMSSY beyond 12th Five Year Plan up to 2019-20," the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a note. Under the Central sector scheme, new AIIMS are established and government medical colleges are upgraded, according to him. "The construction activity for the creation of physical infrastructure for various new AIIMS and the upgradation projects for government medical colleges is also expected to generate substantial employment during the construction phase as well," it said.

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With focus on Ayushman Bharat roll-out, health gets ₹12,893-cr.
4 days, 1 hour ago

With focus on Ayushman Bharat roll-out, health gets ₹12,893-cr.

The Hindu  

With a focus on implementing the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and developing healthcare infrastructure in Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday allocated ₹12,893 crore for the health sector, accounting for 12.89% of the total budget of ₹1 lakh crore. Highlighting the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s commitment towards Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Ms. Gupta announced ₹2,144 crore for schemes such as Pradhan …

Union govt. is committed to making quality health care affordable to all: Jitendra Singh
1 month, 1 week ago

Union govt. is committed to making quality health care affordable to all: Jitendra Singh

The Hindu  

The Union government is committed to the aim of making quality health care affordable and accessible to all and schemes like Prime Minister’s Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, Ayushman Bharat-Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana and new AIIMS-like institutions across the nation were all part of the larger goal of bridging the huge urban-rural divide in healthcare provision, Union Minister of State for …

Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure

Live Mint  

Mumbai: The healthcare industry has recommended several reforms to reduce costs of key medicines, enhance accessibility, as well as promote innovation. Lowering GST on health insurance premiums to 5% could improve insurance penetration, while Viability Gap Funding and low-interest capital investments are needed to add 2.5-3 million hospital beds. In 2018, the government launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan …

PM Modi states ‘1 lakh medical seats in India’, vows to add ‘75,000 more’, lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Bihar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi states ‘1 lakh medical seats in India’, vows to add ‘75,000 more’, lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Bihar

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Centre has added 1 lakh medical seats in India, and will add around 75,000 more, PTI reported today, on November 13. “Our government has added 1 lakh medical seats across country, will add 75,000 more,” he said. Modi’s remarks came during a function in Darbhanga, Bihar, where he laid the foundation for an …

Healthcare saw major reforms in past 10 years: HDK
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Healthcare saw major reforms in past 10 years: HDK

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy said a major revolution has taken place to build a healthy India in the last ten years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Delivering the convocation address at the graduation ceremony of the 14th batch of Rajarajeswari Medical College here on Tuesday, he said, “In the past decade, …

PM-ABHIM: 30,000 Critical Care Beds, Regional Centres to Enhance Healthcare Infrastructure
5 months ago

PM-ABHIM: 30,000 Critical Care Beds, Regional Centres to Enhance Healthcare Infrastructure

The Hindu  

PM-ABHIM is a massive infrastructure project that aims to strengthen the country's healthcare system and prepare it for future pandemics. The mission includes the creation of 30,000 critical care beds, the establishment of regional centers for the National Institute of Virology, and the development of a National One Health Mission to bring different sectors together and address health, productivity, and …

Work on Darbhanga AIIMS to begin soon: Nadda
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Work on Darbhanga AIIMS to begin soon: Nadda

Hindustan Times  

Union health minister and BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday said work on the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Darbhanga, 140 kms north-east of Patna, would begin soon. BJP president and Union health minister J P Nadda with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and others at the inauguration of the eye building of the Indira Gandhi …

Madurai AIIMS delayed due to JICA funding, says Health Min Ma Subramanian
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Madurai AIIMS delayed due to JICA funding, says Health Min Ma Subramanian

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Claiming that the funds from Japan International Cooperation Agency is delaying the AIIMS Madurai project, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian blamed former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami for not questioning the central government on the source of funding. If he had got the funds directly from Union government, the project would have been complete by now.” …

Budget 2024: Kerala’s dream of AIIMS-like institution dashed again
8 months ago

Budget 2024: Kerala’s dream of AIIMS-like institution dashed again

The Hindu  

Kerala’s much-anticipated and decades-long dream of having an All India Institutes of Medical Sciences -like institution on its soil was dashed yet again when the proposal found no mention in the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23. It is only after 2012 that the Centre began setting up AIIMS-like institutions across the country, under …

Do You Have Plans To Set Up An AIIMS-Like Institute In Prayagraj?: High Court Asks Union Health Ministry
8 months, 1 week ago

Do You Have Plans To Set Up An AIIMS-Like Institute In Prayagraj?: High Court Asks Union Health Ministry

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Union Health Ministry if the Central Government plans to establish a premier healthcare institution similar to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in Prayagraj. The counsel for the petitioners also submitted that key institutions in Prayagraj include Allahabad University, the Central Administrative Tribunal, the National Company Law Tribunal, the Debts Recovery Tribunal, the …

Elaborate arrangements made for dedication of AIIMS Mangalagiri
1 year, 1 month ago

Elaborate arrangements made for dedication of AIIMS Mangalagiri

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Ensuring seamless coordination is paramount to the success of any endeavour, said Special Chief Secretary of Health, Medical and Family Welfare MT Krishna Babu. The Mangalagiri AIIMS project, costing Rs 1,618.23 crore, spans 183.11 acres and features 960 beds. Speaking on the occasion, Krishna Babu said, “As part of the PM’s Ayushman Bharat Heath Infrastructure Mission, Modi will also …

PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Gujarat's First AIIMS At Rajkot Tomorrow
1 year, 1 month ago

PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Gujarat's First AIIMS At Rajkot Tomorrow

ABP News  

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate Gujarat's inaugural All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rajkot on February 25, as announced by state Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Friday. While the out-patient department of the super-specialty hospital near Para Pipaliya village on the outskirts of Rajkot city is already operational, Modi will officially inaugurate the in-patient department, …

PM to dedicate AIIMS Mangalagiri to nation, lay stone for 9 CCBs on February 25
1 year, 1 month ago

PM to dedicate AIIMS Mangalagiri to nation, lay stone for 9 CCBs on February 25

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally dedicate All India Institute of Medical Sciences Mangalagiri to the nation virtually on February 25, said AIIMS Mangalagiri CEO and Director Dr Madhabananda Kar on Friday. Addressing the media at a press conference in AIIMS auditorium, Dr Madhabananda Kar said that apart from AIIMS Mangalagiri, the Prime Minister would inaugurate a microbiology …

PM Modi inaugurates Rewari AIIMS, says, 'Blessing of Lord Ram is such that...'
1 year, 1 month ago

PM Modi inaugurates Rewari AIIMS, says, 'Blessing of Lord Ram is such that...'

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Haryana's Rewari on Friday. The proposed AIIMS shall impart both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, along with nursing and paramedical training, to bring together in one place educational facilities of a higher order for training the personnel in all branches of healthcare activities, …

PM Modi Dedicates Northeast Its First AIIMS, 3 New Medical Colleges in Assam
1 year, 11 months ago

PM Modi Dedicates Northeast Its First AIIMS, 3 New Medical Colleges in Assam

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated the first AIIMS in the North East, built at a cost of Rs 1,123 crore, to the nation. He also virtually inaugurated three medical colleges at Nalbari, Nagaon and Kokrajhar. The 500-bed tertiary care teaching hospitals with 24 undergraduate departments in the three medical colleges will start with 100 annual MBBS student intake, …

PM Modi unveils first AIIMS in Northeast
1 year, 11 months ago

PM Modi unveils first AIIMS in Northeast

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 inaugurated the first All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the Northeast at Changsari near Guwahati. “We are moving forward with the mantra of India’s development through the development of the Northeast… The government’s policy, intentions and commitment are not driven by self-interest but by the spirit of ‘nation first and people first’,” …

World Bank to lend $1 billion to support India’s health sector
2 years ago

World Bank to lend $1 billion to support India’s health sector

The Hindu  

The World Bank is lending up to $1 billion to help India with preparedness for future pandemics as well as to strengthen its health infrastructure. Through this combined financing of $1 billion, the bank will support India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, launched in October 2021, to improve the public healthcare infrastructure across the country. The $500-million Public …

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan seeks setting up of AIIMS in Kozhikode
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan seeks setting up of AIIMS in Kozhikode

India TV News  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday urged the Union government to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the southern state without further delay. Vijayan, while inaugurating the super speciality block at the Government Medical College hospital in Alappuzha, said the health indices of the state are 'at par with the developed nations' of the world. …

PM inaugurates AIIMS, Bilaspur
2 years, 5 months ago

PM inaugurates AIIMS, Bilaspur

The Hindu  

Inaugurating the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre was working to bring affordable health care to remote locations. “Ayushman Bharat scheme is providing most of the families in the State free treatment upto ₹5 lakh rupees,” the Prime Minister said. The hospital has also set up a Centre …

Parliament panel recommends AIIMS Delhi redevelopment Master Plan
2 years, 6 months ago

Parliament panel recommends AIIMS Delhi redevelopment Master Plan

India TV News  

Highlights Parl Standing Committee recommended Health Ministry to give green signal to master plan of AIIMS The project was about to create 50 new operation theatres and over 3,000 patient care beds in Delhi It includes 300 emergency beds in present Institute of campus for re-development of the institute AIIMS Delhi news: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family …

From seven to 16, the growth of AIIMS under Narendra Modi
2 years, 8 months ago

From seven to 16, the growth of AIIMS under Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new AIIMS at Jharkhand’s Deoghar today at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore. Established in 1956, the medical institute has seen a rapid development under the BJP-ruled Centre — from seven before 2014 to 16 till date India’s health sector will receive a boost today as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the …

Karnataka to get AIIMS, Centre gives green signal to state's request
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka to get AIIMS, Centre gives green signal to state's request

Hindustan Times  

In a move that will greatly boost Karnataka's Health and Medical Education sector, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya gave a green signal for establishing an All India Institute Of Medical Science in Karnataka. Karnataka to get AIIMS, Centre gives green signal to state's request The assurance was given during a meeting between Karnataka Health Minister …

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Uttrakhand's second AIIMS in Haldwani: Uttrakhand CM
3 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Uttrakhand's second AIIMS in Haldwani: Uttrakhand CM

India Today  

Chief Minister of Uttrakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on December 30 in Uttarakhand's Haldwani. Second AIIMS for the state Pushkar Singh Dhami announced this while in a public meeting in Gangolihat and further said that this will be the second AIIMS …

Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE Updates: PM Launches PMASBY Scheme to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure
3 years, 5 months ago

Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE Updates: PM Launches PMASBY Scheme to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure

News 18  

Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated nine medical colleges from Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh. Later in the day, he also launched several other development projects worth more than Rs 5,200 crore for his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi and also launched Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana scheme. Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana …

New AIIMS master plan: 3,000 more beds, 50 OTs in 7 years
3 years, 6 months ago

New AIIMS master plan: 3,000 more beds, 50 OTs in 7 years

Hindustan Times  

A new master plan for redeveloping the premiere All India Institute of Medical Sciences will add 3,000 beds to the hospital, including 300 for emergency services, AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Saturday. The hospital will also add 50 new operation theatres and a dedicated infectious diseases ward over the next seven years, he said. Dr Guleria said the …

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May
4 years, 1 month ago

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May

News 18  

A century after Spanish Flu, the world was struck again by a devastating pandemic. Push for Making Railways Future-Ready For the rail sector, one the most critical transport infrastructure, this year’s allocation witnessed highest-ever plan for capital expenditure, to the tune of a whopping Rs 2,15,058 crore, of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is being allocated from the Union Budget while …

Health Sector Budget: Rs 62,659-cr outlay announced, highest in the past 2 FYs; Rs 6,400-cr earmarked for AB-PMJAY
5 years, 8 months ago

Health Sector Budget: Rs 62,659-cr outlay announced, highest in the past 2 FYs; Rs 6,400-cr earmarked for AB-PMJAY

Firstpost  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday during the Union Budget 2019 announced Rs 62,659.12 crore outlay for the health sector in 2019-2020 fiscal, the highest in the last two financial years. New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs 62,659.12 crore outlay for the health sector in 2019-2020 fiscal, the highest in the last two financial …

PM Modi: Centre prioritises sector to make healthcare affordable
6 years, 2 months ago

PM Modi: Centre prioritises sector to make healthcare affordable

Deccan Chronicle  

MADURAI: The National Democratic Alliance is giving high priority to the health sector to ensure everyone is healthy and healthcare is affordable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at the foundation-laying ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Thoppur on Sunday. He said that under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the government has supported and upgraded government …

Cabinet approves setting up of three new AIIMS in Jammu, Kashmir and Gujarat regions at a total cost of Rs 4,684 crore
6 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet approves setting up of three new AIIMS in Jammu, Kashmir and Gujarat regions at a total cost of Rs 4,684 crore

Firstpost  

With an aim to expand the outreach of quality health care to the remote corners of the nation, the Union Cabinet gave its nod to the proposal for establishing three new All India Institute of Medical Sciences including one each for Jammu and Kashmir region and one at Gujarat. New Delhi: With an aim to expand the outreach of quality …

Six AIIMS not fully functional even after 16 years, says report
6 years, 2 months ago

Six AIIMS not fully functional even after 16 years, says report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government, which had floated hopes of affordable healthcare by announcing that 20 institutions like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences would be set up, has failed to make the first six such institutes fully functional even 16 years after their conception. “Although six new AIIMS have been made functional, but many facilities are yet to be …

Cabinet approves plan for AIIMS in Tamil Nadu, Telangana; each facility to cater to 1,500 outdoor patients per day
6 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet approves plan for AIIMS in Tamil Nadu, Telangana; each facility to cater to 1,500 outdoor patients per day

Firstpost  

The Union cabinet on Monday approved the establishment of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences — one each in Tamil Nadu and Telangana. New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Monday approved the establishment of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences — one each in Tamil Nadu and Telangana. “Setting up of new AIIMS would not only …

We want best healthcare at the lowest cost: PM
6 years, 9 months ago

We want best healthcare at the lowest cost: PM

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the National Centre for Ageing at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Friday. Mr. Modi talked about the two pillars of the Centre’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat, as part of which 1.5 lakh sub-centres are being converted into health and wellness centres to screen tuberculosis, leprosy, diabetes, hypertension and …

Govt committed to provide modern healthcare to poor, middle class people: PM Modi at AIIMS
6 years, 9 months ago

Govt committed to provide modern healthcare to poor, middle class people: PM Modi at AIIMS

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated various projects and laid foundation stone of few others at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Speaking at the event, PM Modi said that the Centre along with the state governments is trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare to benefit the poor and the middle class of the country. After …

Cabinet nod for AIIMS in Himachal Pradesh
7 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet nod for AIIMS in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of an AIIMS in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh with an outlay of Rs. According to an official statement, the 750-bed AIIMS will have a medical college with an intake capacity of 100 seats and a nursing college with 60 seats, an official statement said. It will also have residential complexes and allied …

Cabinet approves creation of directors’ post for three new AIIMS
7 years, 8 months ago

Cabinet approves creation of directors’ post for three new AIIMS

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of three posts of directors for three new All India Institute of Medical Science in Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal and Nagpur in Maharashtra. Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech for the year 2014-15 had announced setting up of four new AIIMS in Andhra …

JP Nadda accuses Nitish govt of inefficiency in health sector
9 years, 5 months ago

JP Nadda accuses Nitish govt of inefficiency in health sector

Firstpost  

Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Sunday alleged inefficiency of Nitish Kumar government in health care saying there was a drastic fall in number of patients coming to hospitals in OPD and decrease in institutional delivery in 2014-15 in Bihar. Patna: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Sunday alleged inefficiency of Nitish Kumar government in health care saying there was …

Jayalalithaa urges Centre to set up AIIMS in Tamil Nadu
10 years, 8 months ago

Jayalalithaa urges Centre to set up AIIMS in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Pressing Tamil Nadu’s case for being chosen as a place for setting up a State-level ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences ’ in the current year itself, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said already five suitable sites – Chengalpet in Kancheepuram district, Pudukottai town, Sengipatti in Thanjavur district, Perundurai in Erode district and Thoppur in Madurai district – had been identified. Ms. …

‘AIIMS in each State in a phased manner’
10 years, 8 months ago

‘AIIMS in each State in a phased manner’

The Hindu  

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced plans to set up an AIIMS in each State in a phased manner. Six new AIIMS campus have come up under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana in Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh. The first batch of 50 MBBS students and the second batch of 100 …

Rs. 1,200 cr. sanctioned for AIIMS type institute in Vijayawada: Minister
10 years, 8 months ago

Rs. 1,200 cr. sanctioned for AIIMS type institute in Vijayawada: Minister

The Hindu  

A Central Government funded institute on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences is going to come up in the city and the Centre has already sanctioned Rs. Participating in the Dr. N.T.R.Government General Hospital Development Society meeting here on Monday, he said that Central committee would soon come to make a study and submit a report …

Tamil Nadu asked to identify land for AIIMS-like institution
10 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu asked to identify land for AIIMS-like institution

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry has written to the State Government to identify about 150-200 acres of land to establish in Tamil Nadu an institution similar to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Confirming the receipt of the letter, a department official said though Chennai may be the first choice to set up an institution like the AIIMS, it may …

Six AIIMS-like Institutes to start operating from Sept
12 years, 9 months ago

Six AIIMS-like Institutes to start operating from Sept

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jun 28: Government today decided to start six AIIMS-like Institutes in various states from this academic session and admissions to them will start by end-September. These six Institutes being set up on the lines of the New Delhi All-India Institute of Medical Sciences are coming up at Patna in Bihar, Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Rishikesh in …

India plans massive health facility, to invest 2.5% of GDP
13 years, 1 month ago

India plans massive health facility, to invest 2.5% of GDP

Firstpost  

Ambulance services will be strengthened to provide access to health services to far off and inaccessible areas. A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also decided that the Planning Commission be requested to allocate adequate resources for the health sector to achieve the target, for which it could seek cooperation of the states. He said, “Though funds for …

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