AIIMS expansion under PMSSY boosts Tertiary care, says Health Minister
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, outlined the significant strides achieved under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) through the establishment and operation of 22 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country.
These AIIMS institutions have served as centres of excellence in healthcare delivery, offering a full spectrum of medical services. These include preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative care, alongside advanced diagnostic services, trauma care, emergency, and critical care. Their multi-disciplinary approach ensures holistic patient treatment while also reducing the burden on existing tertiary hospitals.
The expansion of AIIMS into far-flung regions has revolutionized patient care by bringing world-class treatment closer to home for millions. AIIMS facilities now provide specialised surgeries, organ transplant services, neonatal intensive care, and chronic disease management — all under one roof.
These institutes have also contributed to raising health awareness, early disease detection, and community-level outreach, helping to bridge the urban-rural health divide.
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This comes after the Minister shared the information in the Rajya Sabha recently while responding to a series of questions raised by a parliament member, Smt. Kiran Choudhry. He asked, how AIIMS has reduced regional imbalance in the provision of tertiary care across the country in the last five years.
He also asked about he status of 22 AIIMS approved for establishment under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthaya Suraksha Yojana.
He also seeks to know the manner in which the AIIMS have impacted the lives of common citizens and transformed patient care in far-flung, underserved areas of the country; and
Furthermore, he asked, the contribution of AIIMS in enhancing the pool of Qualified Medical Professionals in the country.
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In response to these queries, Shri Prataprao Jadhav informed that Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims to correct regional imbalances in the availability of tertiary healthcare services and to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. Under PMSSY, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are set up in different parts of the country, keeping in view the gaps in availability of tertiary health care facilities. To date, the establishment of 22 AIIMS has been approved in various States/UTs in the country, and the details are at Annexure-I. AIIMS provides preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative health care services, including advanced diagnostics, specialized surgeries, trauma, emergency, and critical care services. AIIMS is producing highly trained medical professionals through its undergraduate, postgraduate, super-speciality courses, and fellowships. The Institutes are also running courses for Nursing and Allied Healthcare professionals. The details of the OPD/IPD services provided to patients and the annual intake of students in various AIIMS are enclosed at Annexure-II.
