Health Minister updates on 75 medical colleges, 22 AIIMS developing under PMSSY

New Delhi: Out of 75 Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) up-gradation projects approved under the Centre’s ambitious scheme- Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), construction works in 43 projects have already been completed while 6 AIIMS are functional from the 22 announced in the country so far.

The information to this effect was recently shared in Rajya Sabha session where the Minister of State at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoS Health) Ashwini Kumar Choubey replied to the question raised by member SK Gupta regarding the details and the present status of the scheme, the number of AIIMS operational and number of Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) upgraded till date.

As per the PMSSY which was brought out by the Central Government to correct imbalances in the availability of tertiary care hospitals and improve medical education in the country, branches of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are being set up in various parts of the country in a phased manner whereas, up-gradation and infrastructural development are being done to add more PG medical seats in the GMCs.

In his reply, the minister recalled that PMSSY is a Central Sector Scheme which was announced in August 2003 to address imbalances in the availability of tertiary care hospitals and improve medical education in the country. It has two components:

1. Setting up of new AIIMS: Out of total twenty-two new AIIMS announced so far, six AIIMS are functional and another fifteen AIIMS have been approved in different phases of the scheme.


2. Up-gradation of existing State/Central GMCs: This involves construction of Super Speciality Block/Trauma Centre and procurement of Medical Equipment and as on date seventy-five projects in twenty-three states have been approved.

Status of AIIMS

He informed the parliament that 6 AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh are functional. Besides, OPD services in AIIMS Raebareli, AIIMS Mangalagiri and AIIMS Gorakhpur were commenced in 2018-19. Also, the OPD services have been started in AIIMS Nagpur in 2019-2020. Further, the academic session for MBBS course at AIIMS Mangalagiri and AIIMS Nagpur with 50 students was started in 2018-19. Further, 1st session of undergraduate MBBS course with 50 seats has also been started in AIIMS Raebareli, Kalyani, Gorakhpur, Bathinda, Deoghar and Bibinagar from the session 2019-20.

The construction status of OPD Block (Substantially completed) Residential Block as well as Hospital and Academic Campus at AIIMS Mangalagiri is 75 and 38 percent while at AIIMS Nagpur, the aggregate is 80 and 42.5. AIIMS Rai Baraeli's Residential Block is completed and Hospital and Medical College progress is at 65% and at AIIMS Bilaspur and Deogarh, the progress rate is 14 and 3.5 percent only.

AIIMS Kalyani status is at OPD Block - Progress -86%; Residential Block - 65%; while Hospital and Academic Campus is 43% complete. AIIMS Gorakhpur stands with 52.01 percent progress rate and for AIIMS Madurai, pre-investment activities are in progress.

Up-gradation of existing GMCs

Out of 75 GMC up-gradation projects approved, construction work in 43 projects has already been completed, the minister had informed the parliament while furnishing the following records.

With the maximum number of 11 proposed medical colleges for the up-gradation, Uttar Pradesh's progress rate stands at 4 medical colleges fixed up while construction is completed at 3 institutes.

Maharashtra and Bihar, both had applied for 6 medical colleges; while none of the institutes has their construction completed yet in Bihar. Maharashtra institutions have the development rate with 3 medical colleges completed; 2 already done and 1 institute with 87 per cent progress.

No development is seen in Delhi yet while for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu medical colleges, the construction is complete and up-gradation is done for 1 and 2 institutes respectively.

The detailed status of all the projects under the scheme is attached below

STATUS OF NEW AIIMS UNDER PMSSY

STATUS OF GMC UPGRADATION PROJECTS UNDER PMSSY