AIIMS Madurai will get extra Rs 700 crore

The quantity allotted for establishing the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Thoppur in Madurai might be elevated to Rs 2,000 crore from the sooner Rs 1,264 crore as a hospital for infectious illnesses might be established together with a brilliant speciality hospital cum medical faculty that was initially sanctioned.

This data was shared by joint secretary the Union authorities’s joint secretary (AIIMS) for the ministry of well being and household welfare Nilmabuj Sharan to Madurai MP Su Venkatesan who met him at his workplace in Delhi on Wednesday and made a illustration on the challenge for which the inspiration stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 27, 2019.

Venkatesan stated the joint secretary had given this reply when he requested him on the RTI reply from the ministry in mid-December which said that the funds for Madurai AIIMS is Rs 2,000 crore. “He said that the additional fund of over Rs 700 crore is awaiting administrative sanction and cabinet approval. I urged them to expedite work as the sanction should not cause further delay in construction,” the MP advised TOI on Thursday.

According to the MP, the joint secretary for AIIMS said that the mortgage settlement for Madurai AIIMS with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) could be signed earlier than March 31, 2021. “Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan assured that efforts will be taken to expedite the project in Madurai,” Venkatesan added.

In his illustration in individual to the Union well being secretary and joint secretary, the MP additionally urged them to nominate the manager director, medical superintendent, deputy director (administration), and administrative officer for Madurai AIIMS as early as potential to hold out administrative work. – The Greater India