Govt approves setting up of AIIMS in Assam
New Delhi: The government approved the setting up of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kamrup in Assam which would offer super-speciality healthcare to people in the region.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the project to be constructed at a total cost of Rs 1,123 crore.
The medical institute, to be set up under the 'Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna', is slated to be completed in 48 months from the date of approval.
It will have a pre-construction phase of 15 months, a construction phase of 30 months and a stabilisation or commissioning phase of three months.
The Kamrup AIIMS will consist of a hospital with a capacity of 750 beds, trauma centre facilities, a medical college which can accommodate 100 MBBS students per year, a nursing for 60 B.Sc. (Nursing) students, residential complexes and allied facilities on the pattern of AIIMS in New Delhi.
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