AIIMS Patna will be fully functional by 2018: Ashwini Choubey
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New Delhi: Union minister Ashwini Choubey, who drew flak over his reported remark that Biharis "crowd" the AIIMS here even for "minor ailments", said he has asked the Bihar health department to promote the Patna AIIMS so that patients dont have to go other cities for treatment.
The minister of state for health said eight new departments, including emergency, would be functional by February, 2018 at the AIIMS in Patna.
Currently, the OPD and IPD facilities for 18 departments, including general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, dentistry and neurosurgery, are already operational.
"I held meetings with officials in the Bihar health department and asked them to promote and spread awarness about the AIIMS in Patna by advertisements and others," Choubey said.
"Already 18 departments are currently functional there but people are not aware of them. Thus, they reach the national capital and go to other cities for treatment," he said.
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