No proposal to rename AIIMS: Union Health Minister informs Lok Sabha
New Delhi: There is no proposal in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to rename the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Lok Sabha recently.
The Central government on Friday said that there is no proposal to rename the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country.
The clarification came from the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare while he was responding to a series of questions related to renaming AIIMS raised by MP Shri Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu.
“There is no proposal at present in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for renaming the AIIMS,” said Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya.
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The Minister said this in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on whether the government is planning to rename 20 AIIMS in the country after freedom fighters, regional heroes or their distinct geographical identity including the one in Andhra Pradesh.
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