Delhi AIIMS signs MoA with CAPFIMS, Cabinet nod to funding of Rs 2207.50 crore

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The Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences is a State-of-the-Art Medical Institute with a 970-bedded Referral and Research hospital with 500-bedded general hospital, 300-bedded super-specialty hospital and 170 ICU/Critical Care beds. It has been established at a cost of around ₹2091 crore. It is also having a Medical College (100 seats), a College of Nursing (60 seats), and a School of Paramedics (300 seats) in Maidangarhi, South Delhi, which shall also provide Post Graduate/PG Diploma Courses (60 Seats) & Post-Doctoral Courses (DM & McH- 10 Seats).

This “AIIMS-CAPFIMS Campus” is committed to offer super-specialty and tertiary health care facilities, including medical treatment, nursing care, and paramedical training and cater to the special needs of CAPFs beneficiaries as an integrated solution to all the tertiary health services, including Trauma Centre, Artificial Limb Centre, Mental Health Counselling Centre and Physical Rehabilitation Centre. The collaboration will also enhance the health care infrastructure in the country and will provide an opportunity for medical graduates and specialists to serve in the medical cadre of CAPFs. Further, this will also create a huge potential for employment as 4354 posts shall be created for operationalization of the ‘AIIMS-CAPFIMS Campus’.

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