AIIMS Delhi capacity to be doubled in 2 yrs: Nadda

Replying to supplementaries, he said, the new AIIMS in various states are also being strengthened and, to help maintain the standards of AIIMS, the faculty of Delhi AIIMS is being sent to various other AIIMS to help impart training.

Nadda said government was moving fast in expanding the capacity and adding the tertiary care healthcare facilities across the country. Institutions cannot be built in days, but they take time as standards have to be maintained, he said.

He also said the government has opened an AMRIT outlet which provides medicines at very affordable prices and announced plans to start another 300 such outlets.

Nadda said the government aims to maintain balance between load and quantity with regard to government hospitals.

Citing the instance of AIIMS here, he said every day the OPD gets 10,000 patients and a footfall of 50,000-70,000.

Similar is the situation in hospitals like RML and Safdarjung.

Nadda said the Health ministry had also set up a committee to suggest a suitable PPP mode for hospitals which can be set up with the help of the private sector and regulated by the government.

He said 3 to 4 models have been suggested and the ministry is examining them.