Cabinet approves establishment of two new AIIMS under PMSSY

The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Madurai, Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 1264 crore and Bibinagar, Telangana at a cost of Rs 1028 crore. The AIIMS will be set up under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The Union Cabinet has also given its approval for creation of one post of director in the basic pay of Rs 225,000 (fixed) plus NPA (however pay + NPA would not exceed Rs 237,500) for each of the above two AIIMS.  Each new AIIMS will add 100 UG (MBBS) seats and 60 B.Sc. (nursing) seats; will have 15-20 super specialty departments;  will add around 750 hospital beds; and would cater to around 1500 outdoor patients per day and around 1000 indoor patients per month. Establishment of new AIIMS involves creation of hospital, teaching block for medical and nursing courses, and residential complex and allied facilities/services, broadly on the pattern of AIIMS, New Delhi and other six new AIIMS taken up under Phase-I of PMSSY. The objective is to establish the new AIIMS as institutions of national importance for providing quality tertiary healthcare, medical education, nursing education, and research in the surrounding region.

The proposed institution shall have a hospital with capacity of 750 beds which will include emergency/trauma beds, Ayush beds, private beds, and ICU specialty and super specialty beds. In addition, there will be a medical college, Ayush block, auditorium, night shelter, guest house, and hostels and residential facilities. The establishment of the new AIIMS will create capital assets for which requisite specialized manpower will be created, based on the pattern of the six new AIIMS, for their maintenance and upkeep. The recurring cost on these Institutions shall be met through grant-in-aid to them from Plan Budget Head of PMSSY of MoHFW. The timeframe for establishment of the new AIIMS Tamil Nadu and AIIMS Telangana will be 45 months, broadly comprising a pre-construction phase of 10 months, a construction phase of 32 months, and stabilization/commissioning phase of 3 months. Cost of construction and running of the new AIIMS would be met by the central government under PMSSY.